What 鍂 means
It can name an instrument or stand for 鉛. One Chinese dictionary gives the Mandarin instrument reading as jīn (roughly “jeen”); another gives piān (“pyen”) for that same sense. These are pinyin spellings, and their marks show Mandarin’s high, level first tone. Pinyin writes Mandarin syllables with Latin letters. A separate entry lists 鍂 as equivalent to 鉛, read qiān (roughly “chyen”), the Chinese character for the metal lead.
Don't confuse it with
1Questions people ask
1Why does 鍂 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 鍂
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 9342, then Alt+X to get 鍂.
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-9342”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 9342, then Enter or Space.
HTML
鍂CSS
\9342Cangjie
How to type 鍂 with Cangjie: enter 金金 (CC) in the Cangjie Chinese input method.
Font support
As of 2026, Windows 10 and later include its glyph in their default fonts.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
鍂
HTML hex
鍂
CSS content
content: "\9342";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E9%8D%82
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.