What 鑜 means
It is a variant of 鋿 linked with grinding and wheel iron.
The related graph 鋿 is first attested in bronze inscriptions from late in the Spring and Autumn period, an era in ancient China; there it appears in a phrase describing yellow-red metal. Later dictionaries give 鋿 the senses “to grind” and “the iron around a wheel.”
The Taiwan Ministry of Education's variant dictionary treats 鋿 as the standard graph. The entry, accessed 2026-09-12, notes that the early Chinese dictionary Shuowen does not record 鋿. If a Chinese input method does not offer 鑜, enter 945C in a Unicode input method.
is 鑜 the same as 鋿?
Yes: 鑜 is listed as a variant of 鋿.
The Taiwan Ministry of Education's dictionary treats 鋿 as the standard form. When transcribing, keep the exact graph used by the source; this record uses 鑜.
Specialist and historical; used when a source calls for this exact graph.
Do not silently replace 鑜 with 鋿 in a transcription.
Don't confuse it with
2Questions people ask
1why does 鑜 show as a box?
This is a font-coverage problem, not a different character. Unicode identifies 鑜 independently of the glyph a font draws, and Han character shapes can vary by locale. Use a font that supports it or let your system choose a fallback font.
How to type 鑜
鑜\945CCodes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.