What 𠮵 means
It means “asking without answering.”
In Mandarin, it is pronounced màng. The older sense appears in the Kangxi Dictionary, a Chinese dictionary that cites an earlier work called Pianhai. Much later, a reform reused the same glyph as a shorter form of 嚷, used for shouting, noisy arguing, or making noise. These are separate historical uses.
Why did the reform use 𠮵 for 嚷?
The reform reused it as a shorter form of 嚷.
The simplification kept the 口 (“mouth”) component and replaced the complex right-hand part with 上, producing a six-stroke form.
The State Council later stopped the scheme. As of 2026, the Unicode status list for that second-stage plan marks this form UNUSED.
What does it mean when someone sends 𠮵?
Treat it as context-dependent, not ordinary 嚷.
In a dictionary discussion, read it as the rare character glossed “ask without answering.” In a text following the reform, read it as 嚷: shout, make noise, or reproach. If someone sends it alone, ask which sense they intend; the glyph by itself cannot settle that.
Rare and mostly historical or specialist; outside a reference context, it can look like a typo.
Do not use 𠮵 casually for 嚷; that reform was withdrawn.
Who writes 𠮵
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What it means when someone sends it to you
3 readingsThe older sense: asking without answering.
Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𠮵 show as a box?
It is a font problem, not a different character. This rare glyph needs a font that contains it; as of 2024, default fonts in Windows 10 include it.
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How to type or find 𠮵
- Search it as
- mang · mang4 · 嚷 · second-round simplified characters · ask without answering · withdrawn simplified character
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𠮵\20BB5Codes and encoding1 code points
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