㮼 character

㮼 is a 俗字, or nonstandard written variant, of 扇. It shares 扇’s meanings: a fan or a leaf or panel that closes a doorway or window. Nearby words usually tell you which sense fits.

Beside 门 (door) or 窗 (window), read the architectural sense; with heat, a breeze, or something held in the hand, read “fan.” If it arrives alone, the spelling points to 扇 but leaves the specific object unresolved.

Where did 㮼 come from?

It developed as a written variant of 扇.

Examples from the Ming period of Chinese history use 㮼 in prose about rooms, doors, and openings. Later texts from the Qing period include local gazetteers (books describing a place), translated religious works, and technical writing. The character places 木, which means “wood,” beside 扇. That form supports an alternate way to write 扇, but does not establish that 㮼 was created specifically for wooden fans or doors.

How do I type 㮼?

In Cangjie, enter 木戈尸一 (DISM).

A Hong Kong character-review table dated 2008 lists that reference sequence for 㮼 and gives its Cantonese reading as sin3. Cangjie is a Chinese character input method: enter the listed components in order. The Cantonese syllable is roughly “sin,” spoken with an even, mid-level tone.