What 贺 means
It marks congratulations for a happy occasion.
贺卡 means “greeting card.” A bronze inscription from China’s Warring States period, when rival states fought for control, already uses the older form 賀 for congratulations. In 賀, 貝 points to valuables or gifts, while 加 supplies the sound.
Japanese New Year phrases use 賀 in 年賀 and 謹賀新年 as formal set wishes.
Formal and occasion-focused; natural in cards and set congratulatory phrases.
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Don't confuse it with
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Combination ideas
3Congratulations; to congratulate.
New Year greetings.
Formal New Year congratulations.
Questions people ask
1Why does 贺 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.
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\8D3ACodes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
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HTML hex
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CSS content
content: "\8D3A";
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URL encoded
%E8%B4%BA
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A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.