What 钯 means
In chemistry, 钯 names the metal palladium.
Terms such as 钯金 and 钯催化剂 use the metal sense. The Shuowen Jiezi, an early Chinese character dictionary, glosses 鈀 as a war chariot; later dictionaries also record an arrowhead and an agricultural rake.
Is 钯 palladium or a rake?
It can mean the metal or an older tool; context decides.
In Journey to the West, 钉钯 is a rake-shaped weapon. The rake also served to level land and dredge waterways.
What it means when someone sends it to you
3 readingsChemistry or catalyst text
Palladium.
Farming or dredging passage
An agricultural rake.
钉钯 in Journey to the West
A rake-shaped weapon.
Questions people ask
1Why does 钯 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 钯
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 94AF, then Alt+X to get 钯.
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-94af”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 94af, then Enter or Space.
HTML
钯CSS
\94AFCodes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
钯
HTML hex
钯
CSS content
content: "\94AF";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E9%92%AF
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.