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韰

cjk unified ideograph-97f0

韰

韰 means “narrow” or “confined”; in 韰果 and 韰惈, it can describe a person whose boldness comes with a narrow outlook. It is a rare literary character, so a standalone message needs context. An early written use appears on the Eastern Han Kong Zhou stele, dated 164 CE; the Western Jin 魏都賦 later applies 韰果 to a local custom.

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韰 meaning · 韰果 · 韰惈 · 薤 · xiè · xie4
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What 韰 means

韰 means “narrow” or “confined.” In 韰果 and 韰惈, it describes someone limited in outlook but daring in conduct: a mixed judgment, not a plain compliment.

An inscription on the reverse of the Eastern Han Kong Zhou stele (孔宙碑), dated 164 CE, preserves an early written use of 韰. In the Western Jin, writer Zuo Si (左思) used 韰果 in 魏都賦, a long literary poem, to describe a local custom as cramped and daring.

Rare and literary; it fits a classical quotation or a discussion of older Chinese writing.

韰果 is not a plain compliment: “bold” comes with “narrow-minded.”

What it means when someone sends it to you

3 readings
Sent alone, without surrounding text
A rare literary character whose meaning depends on context.
Inside 韰果 or 韰惈
A mixed judgment: narrow-minded but bold.
Quoted from 魏都賦
A local custom described as cramped and daring.

Don't confuse it with

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薤
CJK Unified Ideograph-85A4
薤 names a plant in ordinary Chinese vocabulary; 韰 appears in the literary compounds 韰果 and 韰惈.

Combination ideas

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A literary compound for someone narrow-minded yet bold.
A variant compound spelling with the same mixed judgment.

Questions people ask

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Why does 韰 look different across fonts?

It can. Unicode identifies the character, while fonts determine how it is drawn. Different fonts can give 韰 noticeably different shapes, and a system may substitute another font if the selected one lacks it.

How to type 韰

Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 97F0, then Alt+X to get 韰.
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-97f0”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 97f0, then Enter or Space.
HTML
韰
CSS
\97F0
Mandarin Pinyin input
Enter the keys `xie` in a Pinyin input method and check its candidates; this rare character may be missing from that method's dictionary.
Unicode input
Linux: press Ctrl+Shift+u, type 97f0, then Enter. macOS: enable Unicode Hex Input, then hold Option while typing 97f0.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
韰
HTML hex
韰
CSS content
content: "\97F0";
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URL encoded
%E9%9F%B0
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On screen
1
Code points
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JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

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