What 䈞 means
It is an older form of a Chinese word for “thick.”
The Taiwan Ministry of Education’s 2024 Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants lists 䈞 as a variant—another written form—of 篤, and also catalogs it under 竺 for the “thick, deep” sense. In modern Chinese, use 篤 in traditional writing and 笃 in simplified writing for the “thick, deep” or “earnest” sense; keep 䈞 for quoting an old source or discussing written variants.
The 竺 in 天竺, an older Chinese name for India, belongs to a separate word. That familiar use does not make 竺 interchangeable with 䈞.
Where does 䈞 appear in early writing?
It appears in Warring States Chu manuscript traditions.
Warring States Chu manuscripts include a form catalogued as 䈞 in the Guodian Laozi, a bamboo-slip copy of the Laozi text. Bamboo slips were narrow strips used for writing before paper became widespread.
One study reads 䈞 as 孰 in the Guodian phrase 民䈞弗信; variant dictionaries also connect it with 篤. These are readings tied to different sources, so the passage—not the isolated shape—decides which one fits.
Scholarly and archival; it signals a source quotation or variant discussion rather than ordinary modern spelling.
For the modern “thick, deep” word, use 篤 or 笃; 䈞 may look like a transcription error.
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3 readingsOne scholarly reading takes 䈞 as 孰 here; this is a context-specific manuscript interpretation.
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