What 齮 means
It means “to bite” or “gnaw.” The Eastern Han Chinese character dictionary Shuowen Jiezi explains it as 齒 (“tooth”) plus 奇, a sound clue.
In the Shiji, an early Chinese history, 齮齕用事者墳墓矣 makes gnawing an image of political harm. 齮齕 can also mean damage, ruin, or sidelining a capable person.
Literary and specialized; it fits classical-text context, not casual chat shorthand.
Sent alone, it needs context.
Who writes 齮
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Combination ideas
1A classical compound that extends gnawing to harm, ruin, or sidelining someone capable.
Questions people ask
1Why does 齮 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 齮
- Also called
- 𬺈
- Search it as
- 齮 · 齮齕 · yǐ · yi3 · bite · gnaw · how to type 齮
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
齮CSS
\9F6EPinyin
On a Mandarin Pinyin keyboard, enter yi or yǐ, then select 齮.
Cangjie
Cangjie is a shape-based Chinese input method; enter 卜山大一口, then select 齮.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
齮
HTML hex
齮
CSS content
content: "\9F6E";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E9%BD%AE
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.