What 㺦 means
Think of an animal in motion, not a fixed object.
The earliest located written record is c. 543: the 玉篇, a dictionary from the Liang dynasty, uses the variant 𤣆 in 𤣆猭 and glosses the compound as a rabbit running.
Later rhyme dictionaries—reference books that group characters by their sounds—add two animal scenes: a monkey moving among trees and a dog running through grass. A Qing poem uses 㺦猭 to describe thorn bamboo, extending the compound beyond a literal animal scene.
What does 㺦 mean when someone sends it?
Read it as a rare-character reference, not a mood.
A lone 㺦 cannot tell you whether the sender is quoting the old compound or asking about the character. Use the surrounding words; the glyph alone gives no reliable clue to the sender’s intent.
Historical and lexicographic in its documented uses.
Alone, 㺦 gives no reliable clue to the sender’s mood.
Who writes 㺦
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Questions people ask
1Why does 㺦 show as a box?
Usually, the font has no glyph for 㺦. Unicode display guidance lists an empty box, a question-mark box, or blank space as possible fallbacks. A font with CJK Extension A coverage may display it.
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How to type or find 㺦
- Also called
- lián · lian · 㺦猭
- Search it as
- 㺦 meaning · lian character · lián character · 猭 meaning · rabbit running character
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
㺦\3EA6Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.