"□" meaning in All languages combined

See □ on Wiktionary

Symbol [Chinese]

Head templates: {{head|zh|symbol}} □
  1. Used as a placeholder for an illegible hanzi or lacuna.
    Sense id: en-□-zh-symbol-KC8FeFaX Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese symbols Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 30 32 38 Disambiguation of Chinese symbols: 31 31 38
  2. Used as a placeholder for an unknown hanzi (as when discussing dialectal morphemes).
    Sense id: en-□-zh-symbol-wP7X9TeW Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese symbols Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 30 32 38 Disambiguation of Chinese symbols: 31 31 38
  3. (Internet slang) Used in self-censorship of sensitive characters. Tags: Internet
    Sense id: en-□-zh-symbol-bPUeBjBE Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese symbols, Chinese terms in nonstandard scripts Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 30 32 38 Disambiguation of Chinese symbols: 31 31 38 Disambiguation of Chinese terms in nonstandard scripts: 27 29 44
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: tofu [English], ⸢ ⸣ [Translingual], [ ] [Translingual]

Symbol [Translingual]

Head templates: {{head|mul|symbol|||or||or||or||cat2=|f1lang=en|f1nolink=|f2lang=en|f2nolink=|f3lang=en|f3nolink=|f4lang=en|f4nolink=|head=|head2=|head3=|head4=|sc=Zsym|sort=}} □, {{mul-symbol}} □
  1. (geometry) A quadrilateral, usually referred to a square or rectangle. Categories (topical): Geometry
    Sense id: en-□-mul-symbol-cf~~~n1Y Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
  2. A male family member in a family tree.
    Sense id: en-□-mul-symbol-k-oMDfIh Categories (other): Translingual entries with incorrect language header, Translingual terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Translingual entries with incorrect language header: 15 42 28 14 1 Disambiguation of Translingual terms with redundant script codes: 8 51 26 14 1
  3. (logic) logically necessary; provable Categories (topical): Logic Coordinate_terms (logical necessity):
    Sense id: en-□-mul-symbol-k~1AUz9A Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences Disambiguation of 'logical necessity': 9 13 56 20 2
  4. (astrology) quadrature. Categories (topical): Astrology
    Sense id: en-□-mul-symbol-UuBzzZGP Topics: astrology, human-sciences, mysticism, philosophy, sciences
  5. (alchemy) salt. Categories (topical): Alchemy
    Sense id: en-□-mul-symbol-9IcFGRvz Topics: alchemy, pseudoscience
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms:

Download JSON data for □ meaning in All languages combined (5.9kB)

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