What 𫋻 means
Chinese: a robe-collar join; Vietnamese Nôm: “pillow.”
In Chinese, 𫋻 is a simplified form of 襘, naming where a robe’s overlapping front edges meet. The Zuozhuan chronicle contrasts this collar join with a belt knot; the Shuowen dictionary calls it a belt fastening, while the commentator Du Yu explains the clothing reference as the collar’s meeting.
In historical Vietnamese Chữ Nôm, a script that adapted Chinese characters to write Vietnamese, 𫋻 writes gối (“pillow”). Classic verse narratives such as Truyện Kiều and Lục Vân Tiên use it in lines about pillows and bedding.
Who writes 𫋻
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What it means when someone sends it to you
2 readingsThe point where a robe’s crossed collar meets.
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𫋻 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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How to type or find 𫋻
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- 襘 · gối · pillow · collar · chữ nôm
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𫋻\2B2FBCodes and encoding1 code points
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