What 鞶 means
A broad leather belt; some ritual texts also use it for a small pouch.
The Zhouyi, a divination classic, uses 鞶帶; the Zuozhuan chronicle records dress-related use. Commentary on the ritual guide Liji reads 鞶 as a pouch. 般 hints at sound; 革 means leather.
Dictionaries also list a horse strap and an axle leather ring. As of 2026-10-08, regional CJK fonts may draw the strokes differently; it remains the same character.
What it means when someone sends it to you
3 readingsSent alone
A classical-text or dictionary lookup; context supplies the object.
In 鞶帶
A broad leather belt worn with formal clothing.
In 鞶囊
A small pouch for a hand cloth or other items.
Questions people ask
1Why does 鞶 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 鞶
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 97B6, then Alt+X to get 鞶.
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-97b6”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 97b6, then Enter or Space.
HTML
鞶CSS
\97B6Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
鞶
HTML hex
鞶
CSS content
content: "\97B6";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E9%9E%B6
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.