What 誸 means
It means urgent or pressing; dictionaries also give “firm and upright.”
In the classical Chinese text Zhuangzi, “謀稽乎誸” links plans to urgent circumstances. The Taiwan Ministry of Education’s 2024 dictionary entry notes 誸 is absent from Shuowen Jiezi, an early Chinese character dictionary.
Uncommon and bookish; its recorded example is classical.
What it means when someone sends it to you
2 readingsIn “謀稽乎誸”
Plans are weighed against urgent circumstances.
Sent alone in chat
Neither dictionary sense is selected.
Questions people ask
1Why does 誸 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
How to type 誸
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 8AB8, then Alt+X to get 誸.
Windows
Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win + .).
macOS
Control+Command+SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “cjk unified ideograph-8ab8”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 8ab8, then Enter or Space.
HTML
誸CSS
\8AB8How to type 誸
On a Mandarin Pinyin keyboard, try xian or xuan, then select 誸.
Cangjie
In the shape-based Cangjie input method, enter YRNYI.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
誸
HTML hex
誸
CSS content
content: "\8AB8";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E8%AA%B8
1
On screen
1
Code points
1
JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.