What 轲 means
It named a cart and survives in words and names.
An early Chinese character dictionary, Shuowen Jiezi, defines 轲 as a cart with an axle of joined parts. 轗轲 extends the cart image to rough travel and hardship; 坎坷 means setbacks.
孟轲 was Mencius, a Confucian thinker; 荆轲 attempted to kill Qin's king.
Historical and name-bound.
Use 坎坷 for a setback-filled life; 轲 alone does not mean “frustrated.”
Who writes 轲
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What it means when someone sends it to you
2 readingsThe old cart sense, or a fragment of a personal name.
Don't confuse it with
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Combination ideas
3Mencius's personal name.
A historical assassin who attempted to kill Qin's king.
A word for a difficult, setback-filled life.
Questions people ask
1Why does 轲 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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How to type or find 轲
- Search it as
- 轲 meaning · ke1 · 孟轲 · 荆轲 · 軻 · 坎坷
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
轲CSS
\8F72Mandarin Pinyin
On a Mandarin Pinyin keyboard, enter ke or ke1 and select 轲.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
轲
HTML hex
轲
CSS content
content: "\8F72";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E8%BD%B2
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On screen
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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.