"□" meaning in Chinese

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Symbol

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]

Download JSON data for □ meaning in Chinese (2.3kB)

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      },
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    }
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  "pos": "symbol",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "word": "tofu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "⸢ ⸣"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Translingual"
      ],
      "word": "[ ]"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "30 32 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 31 38",
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          "name": "Chinese symbols",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used as a placeholder for an illegible hanzi or lacuna."
      ],
      "id": "en-□-zh-symbol-KC8FeFaX",
      "links": [
        [
          "placeholder",
          "placeholder#English"
        ],
        [
          "illegible",
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        ],
        [
          "hanzi",
          "hanzi#English"
        ],
        [
          "lacuna",
          "lacuna#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "30 32 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 31 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese symbols",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "Used as a placeholder for an unknown hanzi (as when discussing dialectal morphemes)."
      ],
      "id": "en-□-zh-symbol-wP7X9TeW",
      "links": [
        [
          "placeholder",
          "placeholder#English"
        ],
        [
          "unknown",
          "unknown#English"
        ],
        [
          "hanzi",
          "hanzi#English"
        ],
        [
          "dialectal",
          "dialectal#English"
        ],
        [
          "morpheme",
          "morpheme#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "30 32 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 31 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese symbols",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 29 44",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese terms in nonstandard scripts",
          "parents": [
            "Terms in nonstandard scripts",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "alt. forms: 口 (kǒu)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used in self-censorship of sensitive characters."
      ],
      "id": "en-□-zh-symbol-bPUeBjBE",
      "links": [
        [
          "Internet",
          "Internet"
        ],
        [
          "slang",
          "slang"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Internet slang) Used in self-censorship of sensitive characters."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Internet"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "□"
}
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    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese symbols",
    "Chinese terms in nonstandard scripts"
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      },
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    }
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "symbol",
  "related": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "English"
      ],
      "word": "tofu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Translingual"
      ],
      "word": "⸢ ⸣"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Translingual"
      ],
      "word": "[ ]"
    }
  ],
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        "Used as a placeholder for an illegible hanzi or lacuna."
      ],
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        [
          "placeholder",
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        ],
        [
          "illegible",
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        ],
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          "hanzi",
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        ],
        [
          "lacuna",
          "lacuna#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Used as a placeholder for an unknown hanzi (as when discussing dialectal morphemes)."
      ],
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        [
          "placeholder",
          "placeholder#English"
        ],
        [
          "unknown",
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        ],
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          "hanzi",
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        ],
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        ],
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        ]
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        "Chinese internet slang"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "alt. forms: 口 (kǒu)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used in self-censorship of sensitive characters."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Internet",
          "Internet"
        ],
        [
          "slang",
          "slang"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Internet slang) Used in self-censorship of sensitive characters."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Internet"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "□"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Chinese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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