What 陝 means
It names the old place tied to Shaanxi.
In early Zhou accounts, 陝原 near today's Sanmenxia in Henan marked the boundary between lands held by the Dukes of Zhou and Shao.
In later administrative periods, its name marked 陝縣 (county), 陝州 (region) and 陝西 (the province).
Why 陝 instead of 陕?
陝 is traditional; 陕 is simplified Chinese.
Traditional place names use 陝西, 陝北 and 陝南; simplified Chinese uses 陕西, 陕北 and 陕南.
Formal character in Chinese place names.
Who writes 陝
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Don't confuse it with
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Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does 陝 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.
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How to type or find 陝
- Search it as
- 陝 · Shaanxi · 陝西 · 陕西 · 陕 · shǎn · shan3 · Shanxi
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
陝CSS
\965DHow to type 陝
In a Traditional Chinese Pinyin input method, enter
shan3 and select 陝.Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
陝
HTML hex
陝
CSS content
content: "\965D";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E9%99%9D
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On screen
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Code points
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JS .length
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UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.