What 銊 means
A Chinese gloss gives 銊 the sound of a saw; 銊銊 can mark a bell’s ring.
玉篇, a Chinese dictionary compiled around 543, glosses 銊 as “sound of a saw.”
Later entries add a bird call and record 銊 as a variant of 鉞, an axe character. A Japanese dictionary glosses it as のこぎりのおと (“sound of a saw”).
What it means when someone sends it to you
2 readingsSent alone
It needs context; the message does not choose a dictionary sense.
In a Japanese dictionary
A gloss meaning “sound of a saw.”
Don't confuse it with
1Combination ideas
1Chinese sound-word for a cart bell’s ring.
Questions people ask
1Why mention 戌 and 戉?
They are similar right-hand parts linked to the variant spelling of 銊 and 鉞.
How to type 銊
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 928A, then Alt+X to get 銊.
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-928a”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 928a, then Enter or Space.
HTML
銊CSS
\928ACodes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
銊
HTML hex
銊
CSS content
content: "\928A";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E9%8A%8A
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.
