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钎

cjk unified ideograph-948e

Qiān

18063/20992

钎 names a pointed metal boring tool, as in 钎子. 钎焊 is a metal-joining term. Alone, treat it as a technical fragment; 釺 is its traditional counterpart.

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What 钎 means

钎 names a metal boring tool.

钎子 is a pointed tool for boring holes, especially in mining; 钢钎 is a steel drill, 钎杆 a drill rod. Records from China's Ming dynasty mention iron 钎 in well work.

What is 钎焊?

It names a metal-joining process.

It melts another metal into a seam, as in soldering or brazing.

What if someone sends 钎 alone?

Treat it as a word fragment.

Ask for the surrounding Chinese word or sentence before inferring a personal message.

Who writes 钎

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Don't confuse it with

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Questions people ask

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Why does 钎 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 or find 钎

Search it as
qian · 钎子 · 钎焊 · 钢钎 · 钎杆 · 釺
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 948E, then AltX to get 钎.
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-948e”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 948e, then Enter or Space.
HTML
钎
CSS
\948E
Mandarin Pinyin
Pinyin writes Mandarin sounds with Latin letters. Type qian, then choose 钎; its left-side metal component helps identify it.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
钎
HTML hex
钎
CSS content
content: "\948E";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E9%92%8E
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On screen
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Code points
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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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