What 骳 means
It means bent or winding, literally or figuratively. In 骫骳, the idea applies to a crooked shin or prose that bends to its subject.
The Han Shu, a history of the Han dynasty, quotes 骫骳 for indirect writing. By the Song dynasty, it could describe limp, dispirited conduct.
Literary; the useful phrase is 骫骳.
Bare 骳 gives too little context for a message.
Who writes 骳
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Don't confuse it with
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Questions people ask
1Why does 骳 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 骳
- Search it as
- 骫骳 · crooked shin · indirect prose · bì · bèi · mó · Wubi input · Cangjie input
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
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\9AB3骳 pinyin
Mandarin pinyin bì sounds roughly like “pee,” falling. A 2024 dictionary gives it; others list bèi (“pay,” falling) or mó (“moh,” rising).
骳 Wubi input
For Wubi input, enter MEHC or MEBY; Cangjie uses BBDHE.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
骳
HTML hex
骳
CSS content
content: "\9AB3";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E9%AA%B3
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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.