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邢

cjk unified ideograph-90a2

Chinese character Xing

邢 usually serves as the Chinese family name Xing and also names an ancient state. In a full Chinese name, the surname normally comes first. Mandarin Xíng sounds roughly like “sheeng,” starting with a soft, forward sh sound and ending in ng on a rising tone. Typing pinyin xing brings up homophones, so select the intended character.

Text symbol
Also called
Xing · Hsing
Search it as
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Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws

What 邢 means

邢 names a family and an ancient state.

In Shang oracle-bone inscriptions (writing on bones used for divination) and bronze records, 井 marks a clan and territory name. During the Zhou period, 邢 names a fief—a territory granted to a ruler—and a state; the state name later became a surname. Shang bronze evidence links 郉 and 𨙷 as forms that may represent one character in this history.

Formal as a personal surname; in historical writing, it points to a specific old place.

For punishment, use 刑; 邢 is the surname and place-name character.

What it means when someone sends it to you

3 readings
At the start of a full Chinese name
The family name Xing, read Xíng in Mandarin.
In a history passage
The old state or the territory named after it.
Alone in chat
Probably a surname fragment; surrounding words show whether it is a name or historical reference.

Don't confuse it with

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刑
CJK Unified Ideograph-5211
Both are pronounced xíng in Mandarin, but 刑 means punishment; 邢 is the surname and old place-name.

Questions people ask

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Why does 邢 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 邢

Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 90A2, then Alt+X to get 邢.
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-90a2”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 90a2, then Enter or Space.
HTML
邢
CSS
\90A2
Mandarin Pinyin input
Type xing in a Mandarin Pinyin input method, then choose 邢; several homophones can appear.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
邢
HTML hex
邢
CSS content
content: "\90A2";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E9%82%A2
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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.

Families this belongs to

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