What 㶥 means
The source decides: old name reading or proposed form of 焊. The older record gives the Mandarin reading gān, roughly “gan” with a high, level tone. It appears in personal and place names, but its exact sense is unclear.
The reading appears in Longkan Shoujian, a Buddhist character dictionary used to help readers work through scripture; later reference works preserve it for rare names and places, and digitized historical texts show the glyph in older print. Separately, a 1977 draft for a second round of Chinese character simplification (二简) proposed 㶥 as a shorter form of 焊, the Mandarin word for welding. It was a proposal, not an ordinary spelling.
Someone sent 㶥—what does it mean?
Treat it as a historical character reference. A mention of an old text, name, or place points to the older entry; talk of reform or welding points to the proposed spelling for 焊. A standalone message has no established reaction meaning as of 2026, so ask the sender which reference they intend.
Rare and historical; in Chinese it reads like an old dictionary entry or reform proposal, not a neutral everyday spelling.
Don’t use 㶥 for everyday 焊; readers may not recognize the historical proposal.
Who writes 㶥
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What it means when someone sends it to you
3 readingsThe older Mandarin reading, used for personal and place names; its exact sense is unclear.
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Questions people ask
1Why does 㶥 show as a box?
It can. The character depends on font coverage. The CNS 11643 record says default fonts on Windows 10 and later include 㶥, but another app or font stack may still lack it.
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How to type or find 㶥
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- 㶥 · 焊 · 㶥 meaning · 二简 · 二简字 · gān · hàn
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
㶥\3DA5Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.