CJK ideograph 㐏

In Korean Hanja, 㐏 names a nail.

Hanja are Chinese-origin characters used in Korean writing. 㐏 is read 올, roughly “ol,” and a Korean Hanja list classifies it as a sound-transliteration character: it writes a Korean word by sound. A Chinese dictionary also gives wǔ, roughly “woo,” but labels the nail sense as Korean.

A Korean manual for a royal enthronement ceremony from 1900 lists 100 of these nails among a drum’s materials, showing practical craft use.

What is 㐏 in Shui writing?

It is a loan sign in a separate Shui writing tradition.

The Shui people have a distinct traditional writing practice. In its character documents, 㐏 is recorded as a loan sign associated with 南 and 男; one example is glossed as a child figure.

A 2022 record says those character documents were still used among Shui people.

What does 㐏 mean when someone sends it?

A bare 㐏 has no single safe reading.

Its source decides: documented uses include a Korean nail name and a separate Shui loan use. If it appears in a quoted document, identify that tradition before translating it.