What 𫄩 means
It means “tangled silk” and is the simplified variant of 䋦.
In Mandarin it is read fán; Cantonese uses faan4. The Yùpiān (玉篇), a Chinese character dictionary compiled in 543, glosses 䋦 as “silk in disorder.” Unicode encoded 𫄩 in 2009; that date marks digital encoding, not the character’s origin.
Does 𫄩 have a Wu-dialect funeral meaning?
In Wu-dialect usage, it names an old funeral custom. Hemp or white cloth was pinned to shoes and caps. If nearby text describes this mourning practice, use the funeral sense; the silk gloss does not fit.
Who writes 𫄩
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𫄩 show as an empty box?
That points to a font-coverage gap. Windows 10 and later include it in the default MingLiU and DFKai-SB fonts; another font or device may still fall back to a box.
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How to type or find 𫄩
- Search it as
- fán · faan4 · 䋦 · tangled silk · silk in disorder · Wu funeral custom · mourning cloth · traditional variant
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𫄩\2B129Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.