What 钕 means
女 contributes sound, not “woman,” here.
The Chinese element-naming method described in 1871 pairs a metal marker with a sound-bearing component. A national Chinese framework for chemical nomenclature was ratified in 1933.
Questions people ask
1Why does 钕 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 钕
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 9495, then Alt+X to get 钕.
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-9495”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 9495, then Enter or Space.
HTML
钕CSS
\9495Chinese Pinyin input method
Type nǚ; if the input method uses v instead of ü, type nv and select 钕.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
钕
HTML hex
钕
CSS content
content: "\9495";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E9%92%95
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.