What 錾 means
It means to chisel or engrave metal. In 錾刻 it is the hammer-driven action; in 錾花 meaning it is the patterned decoration left behind.
Copy it from the palette above for craft writing. Alone in a chat, treat it as a rare technical term, not a reaction.
Where did 錾刻 come from?
It comes from an old metalworking craft. Accounts place 錾花 in the late Spring and Autumn period, flourishing in the Warring States period as decoration on metal. Later workshops kept the same idea: tool, blow, mark. No separate slang reading appears in sources reviewed as of 2026.
Who writes 錾
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Don't confuse it with
1鏨 / 鑿 / 凿 錾 vs 鏨 is simplified versus traditional; 鑿 / 凿 leans toward piercing a hole.
Questions people ask
1Why does 錾 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.
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How to type or find 錾
- Also called
- 鏨
- Search it as
- zan4 · 錾刻 · 錾花 · 錾子 · 錾刀 · 錾金
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
錾\933ECodes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.