What 𫋌 means
It names the leaf eater in a crop-pest list.
《尔雅》, an early Chinese wordbook, sorts pests by plant part: growing tip, leaves, stalk, or roots. 蟘 eats leaves. 《诗经·小雅·大田》 uses 螣 for this pest in a plea to spare young crops. 《说文解字》 links it to officials who overtax people—a political wordplay, not a species label.
Classical crop vocabulary; context matters.
This old label does not identify a precise modern insect species.
Who writes 𫋌
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𫋌 appear as a box?
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How to type or find 𫋌
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- 蟘 · 螣 · tè · crop pest · seedling pest
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𫋌\2B2CCCodes and encoding1 code points
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