What 黩 means
It means defilement, disrespect, or wanton use.
The 《说文解字》, completed around 100 CE, defines 黷 as a shape-and-sound character: 黑 gives the semantic field of blackness and stain, while the other component gives the sound.
From filth the sense extends to defilement, disrespect, greed, overuse, and repeated harassment. Alone it looks stark; in compounds its charge is unmistakable.
Formal and literary; use compounds rather than a bare 黩.
In 穷兵黩武, use 黩 — not the lookalike 渎.
Who writes 黩
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Don't confuse it with
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Combination ideas
2Condemn unrestrained use of military force.
Condemn reckless, endless warfare.
Questions people ask
1Why does 黩 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 黩
- Also called
- 黷
- Search it as
- 黩 · dú · du · 黩武 · 穷兵黩武 · 渎武
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
黩CSS
\9EE9Pinyin
how to type 黩: enter du and select 黩; pronunciation: dú.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
黩
HTML hex
黩
CSS content
content: "\9EE9";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E9%BB%A9
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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.