What 䄀 means
It means “calamity” or “misfortune”: 䄀 is a variant of 禍.
The Han-era Shuowen tradition glosses the standard form 禍 as harm, framed as the spirits withholding blessing. Later explanations widen it to disaster, evil, and misfortune. That history belongs to 禍; it does not make 䄀 an older or separate word.
The Song–Yuan-era popular-character record treats 䄀 as a popular variant of 禍, with examples from 白袍記 and 目連記. So read 䄀 as huò, the same misfortune word, and use 禍 or 祸 when you want to be understood.
Someone sent me 䄀 — what am I supposed to read?
Read it as “misfortune”; the hard part is recognition, not tone.
In later dictionary traditions the same disaster and misfortune sense is recorded for the standard form across Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese. 䄀 adds no new meaning. Keep it when quoting an old text exactly; otherwise replace it with 禍.
Reference-heavy and uncommon; it fits source-preserving or lexicographic text better than casual chat.
Sent alone, it may look unknown before it reads as “misfortune.”
Who writes 䄀
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What it means when someone sends it to you
3 readingsOpaque rare character; the intended “misfortune” may be missed.
Don't confuse it with
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Questions people ask
2Why does 䄀 look different on my device?
It can. As of 2026, font coverage decides: a full Han font draws it, a smaller font may substitute another style or show a box.
Can 䄀 be an emoji?
No. It is a Han text character with no emoji presentation. Send 禍 if you want the misfortune meaning to land.
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How to type or find 䄀
- Search it as
- u+4100 · huo · huo4 · 禍 · 祸 · disaster · misfortune · calamity
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
䄀\4100Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.