What 齬 means
It describes things that do not fit.
The Han dictionary Shuowen Jiezi, compiled around 100 CE, defines 齬 as teeth that fail to meet. In 齟齬, that image extends to discord in Classical Chinese and disagreement in Japanese.
Where does 齬 appear?
Usually the second character in 齟齬.
Japanese reads 齟齬 as そご (“so-go”), meaning discrepancy or disagreement. Alone, 齬 needs context.
Specialized writing; clearest in compounds.
Alone, it gives too little context for translation.
Who writes 齬
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Don't confuse it with
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Combination ideas
1Japanese: そご (“so-go”), discrepancy or disagreement.
Questions people ask
1Why does 齬 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 齬
- Search it as
- 齟齬 · そご · sogo · 食い違い · 龃龉 · yu3 · mismatch · discrepancy
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
齬CSS
\9F6CJapanese IME
Enter そご (“so-go”), select 齟齬, then retain its second character, 齬.
Chinese pinyin
On a Traditional Chinese pinyin keyboard, enter yǔ (often yu3); Simplified Chinese uses 龉.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
齬
HTML hex
齬
CSS content
content: "\9F6C";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E9%BD%AC
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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.