What 釥 means
It can mean fine metal, good, clean, tiny, or sharp.
A Han-era text called 方言, a record of regional speech, pairs it with 好 (“good”) for the Qing, Xu, and Haidai areas of historical China.
玉篇, an early Chinese character dictionary, glosses it as 美金 (“fine metal”). The later Guangyun dictionary tradition records “clean”; later dictionaries also give “tiny” and “sharp.”
An uncommon, dictionary-like character; use it where a Chinese phrase supports one of its recorded senses.
Alone, it does not identify which sense is intended.
What it means when someone sends it to you
3 readingsIn a phrase about metal
Fine or high-quality metal.
Describing someone
Good-looking or pleasing.
Sent alone
No fixed reaction; the intended sense is unclear.
Questions people ask
1Why does 釥 show as a box?
The font in use may not contain this character. A font with broader Han-character coverage may display it.
How to type 釥
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 91E5, then Alt+X to get 釥.
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-91e5”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 91e5, then Enter or Space.
HTML
釥CSS
\91E5Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
釥
HTML hex
釥
CSS content
content: "\91E5";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E9%87%A5
1
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.