Han character 𰒆

It means “muddled” or “forgetful”; one Han passage uses it for “deceive.”

Unicode records 𰒆 as a simplified variant of 慲; its old Chinese senses include both “muddled, forgetful” and “deceive.”

The Cantonese pronunciation of 𰒆 is mun4 in Jyutping, the Cantonese romanization system; Mandarin dictionaries give 慲 as mán.

What does 慲兜 mean?

It is an old expression for a forgetful, muddled state.

In 慲, the left 忄 is the heart component and marks a mental state; 㒼 supplies a sound clue.

The Huainanzi, a philosophical collection presented to the Han court in 139 BCE, uses 慲 as a verb meaning “deceive.” The Shuowen Jiezi, a character dictionary completed around 100 CE, records 慲兜 with the sense “forgetting”; the Qing-era scholar Duan Yucai later glossed it as forgetful and not understanding affairs.