What 𰛛 means
It denotes swiftly flowing water in the form of 㴸.
In Mandarin, 㴸 is read shǎn. The Yu Pian, a Chinese character dictionary compiled in 543, glosses it as “the appearance of flowing”; the Kangxi Dictionary describes water in motion or a swift current.
Mu Hua’s Sea Rhapsody, a long poem about the sea, uses 㴸 in a passage of pounding surf.
How is 𰛛 related to 㴸?
It is an analogical simplification of 㴸.
The older form has 閃 on the right; 𰛛 uses its simplified Chinese counterpart 闪 and keeps the water radical. The changed components show how the shorter written form was made.
Who writes 𰛛
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𰛛 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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