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鋲

cjk unified ideograph-92f2

Japanese Fastener Character

鋲 is a Japanese character for a headed fastener: a pushpin, rivet, or shoe stud. 画鋲 means picture pushpin; 鋲留 means rivet fastening. A related word, びょうね, appears in a dictionary example around 1450–1500; dictionaries classify 鋲 as a character created in Japan.

Text symbol
Also called
びょう · ビョウ
Search it as
byou · rivet · pushpin · shoe stud · 画鋲 · 鋲留
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws

What 鋲 means

鋲 means a headed metal fastener.

“Nail” is too broad: it may pin paper, join metal, or stud a shoe sole. Dictionaries classify 鋲 as a character created in Japan; the びょうね example does not date this glyph. Around the middle of the 5th century, Japanese armor makers adopted rivet fastening from the Korean Peninsula, replacing leather lacing.

A technical Japanese hardware term; context identifies which fastener it names.

“Nail” is too broad; check whether it pins, joins metal, or studs a sole.

Questions people ask

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Why does 鋲 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 鋲

Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 92F2, then Alt+X to get 鋲.
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-92f2”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 92f2, then Enter or Space.
HTML
鋲
CSS
\92F2
Japanese IME: 鋲
Type byou for びょう (or ビョウ), then select 鋲 from the candidates.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
鋲
HTML hex
鋲
CSS content
content: "\92F2";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E9%8B%B2
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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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