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郬

cjk unified ideograph-90ec

Chinese character 郬

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In Mandarin, 郬 is written qīng in pinyin and sounds roughly like “ching” (ch as in “cheese,” ng as in “sing”), on a high, even tone. It is recorded for an old place name, not as a general form of 青 or 清. Pinyin input qing may bury it among candidates; the Cangjie code is QBNL.

Text symbol

What 郬 means

郬 is recorded as a place name, not an everyday word.

As of 2026, Taiwan’s Ministry of Education character-variant dictionary notes that the early Shuowen Jiezi dictionary does not list 郬 and points to 《四聲篇海》, a historical Chinese dictionary. The Kangxi Dictionary also records 郬 only as a place name, not as an everyday synonym for 青 (blue-green) or 清 (clear).

A form of 郬 appears in manuscripts from Chu, an ancient Chinese state. This is an early written witness, but it does not establish when the character first appeared.

Why does 郬 resemble 青?

青 supplies the left side and sound; 郬 is separate.

Character references place 郬 in the 青 series: 青 supplies the left component and sound. The complete form adds a right-side 阝, so 郬 is a distinct character with its own place-name gloss, not another spelling of 青.

How do I type 郬?

Use exact-character lookup or hexadecimal input if pinyin misses it.

A pinyin IME treats qing as a candidate search, not a guarantee that 郬 appears first. The Cangjie code listed for this character is QBNL, if your input method supports it.

As of 2026, desktop methods include: in Windows Word or Outlook, type 90EC and press AltX; on macOS Unicode Hex Input, hold Option and type 90EC; on GNOME/GTK Linux, press CtrlShiftU, type 90ec, then Space or Enter. Character Map, Character Viewer, or a Linux character map can also locate it.

Specialist and archival: use 郬 for a documented historical place name or exact transcription, not as decorative Chinese text.

Do not substitute 郬 for 青 or 清 just because they share a Mandarin reading.

Who writes 郬

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Don't confuse it with

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青
CJK Unified Ideograph-9752
As a complete character, 青 has its own blue-green sense; inside 郬, it is only one part.
清
CJK Unified Ideograph-6E05
清 is read the same way in Mandarin and means clear or pure; it has 氵 on the left, while 郬 ends in 阝.

Questions people ask

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Why does 郬 appear as a box?

The active font may lack its glyph. A font with Han-character coverage or a character viewer may display it; the missing drawing does not change which character it is.

How to type or find 郬

Search it as
qing · qīng · Cangjie · QBNL · old Chinese place name · Cangjie input · 青阝 · 郬 character
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Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 90EC, then AltX to get 郬.
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-90ec”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 90ec, then Enter or Space.
HTML
郬
CSS
\90EC
Pinyin IME
Type qing and inspect the candidate list; common homophones may appear before this specialist character.
Cangjie
Enter QBNL in a Cangjie IME; browse candidates if your implementation does not select it directly.
Windows Word
In Word or Outlook, type 90EC and press AltX.
macOS
Enable Unicode Hex Input, hold Option, and type 90EC.
Linux GTK
Press CtrlShiftU, type 90ec, then press Space or Enter.
Character map
Search 郬 in Windows Character Map, macOS Character Viewer, or a Linux character map.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
郬
HTML hex
郬
CSS content
content: "\90EC";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E9%83%AC
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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.

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