What 賏 means
It means a neck ornament made from shells or pearls. The early Chinese character dictionary 說文解字 glosses it as 頸飾 (“neck ornament”).
The paired 貝 form also appears in 嬰, 罌, 櫻, 嚶 and 纓. A matching component links their shapes; it does not prove a common origin.
Rare and archaic; best suited to historical text or character study.
Alone, it may not convey its old meaning.
Don't confuse it with
1Questions people ask
1How can I type 賏 in Cangjie?
Yes. If your Chinese input method offers Cangjie, enter 月金月山金.
How to type 賏
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 8CCF, then Alt+X to get 賏.
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-8ccf”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 8ccf, then Enter or Space.
HTML
賏CSS
\8CCFCodes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
賏
HTML hex
賏
CSS content
content: "\8CCF";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E8%B3%8F
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On screen
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Code points
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JS .length
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UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.
