What 銱 means
Use Mandarin Pinyin input diao or Cangjie keys CRLB.
In a Mandarin Pinyin IME, type diao and select 銱. In a Cangjie IME, enter CRLB; its component-key notation is 金C口R中L月B.
What does 銱 mean in Chinese?
The word around it determines which object it names.
銱子 is a small, wide-mouthed pot with a long handle, made of clay or metal and used to prepare medicine or warm wine; it is also called 吊子. The word appears in chapter 84 of Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese novel.
In 釕銱兒, 銱 forms part of the name for a metal catch or hinge that fastens a door or window; 屈戌兒 is another name for the fitting. The early Chinese character dictionary 說文解字 does not list 銱 as of 2024.
Is 铞 a different character from 銱?
No. 铞 is the simplified form of 銱.
In simplified Chinese writing, use 铞; in traditional Chinese writing, use 銱. They represent the same character.
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2Questions people ask
1Why does 銱 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 銱
銱\92B1Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.