What 霹 means
霹 is the cjk unified ideograph-9739. Unicode classifies it as a letter and files it in the CJK Unified Ideographs block; this site shelves it under Chinese, Japanese & Korean.
Its appearance depends on the font and text styling.
How it is encoded
霹 is a single code point, U9739. In HTML that is 霹, and in CSS \9739.
A formal, dramatic Chinese character — not a pictorial emoji — best in metaphorical compounds.
Do not treat lone 霹 as a complete reaction; check the compound.
Who writes 霹
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Related characters
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Combination ideas
3Violent thunder; figurative force or shock.
An unexpected, devastating shock.
A rapid, forceful operation.
Questions people ask
1Why does 霹 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 霹
- Search it as
- 霹靂 · 霹雳 · pili · pi · thunderclap · perak · hekireki
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
霹CSS
\9739Pinyin
Use a Chinese IME: type pi, then select 霹 from the candidates.
Bopomofo
Enter ㄆㄧ, then select 霹 from the candidates.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
霹
HTML hex
霹
CSS content
content: "\9739";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E9%9C%B9
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.