What 慎 means
It means what 慎 means: careful, cautious, or prudent.
Mandarin reads 慎 as shèn; Japanese 慎む (つつしむ) means to act carefully or hold back. Korean writes prudence as 愼重 (신중).
The old Chinese dictionary Shuowen Jiezi glosses 慎 as careful: 心 supplies meaning, while 眞 hints at sound.
Why does 慎 turn into 慎?
Unicode normalization may replace it with 慎.
Unicode retained this compatibility form for round-trip conversion with Taiwan’s CNS 11643-1992 standard. Its source label is T6-5266, Plane 6; its canonical mapping is 慎.
To preserve the glyph distinction through normalization, use 慎︁: 慎 followed by UFE01, Variation Selector 2.
Who writes 慎
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Questions people ask
1Why does 慎 show as a box on some devices?
Not every system ships a font for the CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement block. Where none is installed, the character shows as an empty box; adding a font such as Noto fixes it. The character itself is still correct and copies correctly.
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How to type or find 慎
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- 慎 · cns 11643 · t6-5266 · normalization
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