What 䖝 means
No separate meaning: 䖝 is a rare variant of 虫 and 蟲.
The Kangxi Dictionary, a historical Chinese reference, treats it as a mistaken form of 虫 and explains the extra stroke as a graphic alteration. Taiwan's Ministry of Education variant-character dictionary also lists it under 虫.
A manuscript of the Buddhist text 出曜論 preserves 䖝 in a passage where an electronic edition reads 虫. This is a difference in written form, not a second insect meaning.
Why does 䖝 have an extra stroke?
The extra stroke marks a nonstandard written form.
Japanese character references connect it with 虫 and 蟲, classify it as a rare 俗字—a nonstandard character form—and list it in JIS third-level character data. Chinese references classify it as a variant or mistaken form.
These labels explain why historical transcriptions and reference entries may preserve 䖝, while ordinary writing uses 虫 or 蟲 according to language and context.
Archival or dictionary register: exact in a source transcription, unusual in ordinary prose.
In ordinary chat, readers may take it for a typo of 虫.
Who writes 䖝
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What it means when someone sends it to you
4 readingsA historical spelling for the insect-or-worm word; later electronic editions may normalize it to 虫.
Don't confuse it with
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Questions people ask
2Why does 䖝 show as a box?
It can. A font needs its own drawing for the character, even when the text stores it correctly. Taiwan's CNS11643 record reports that Windows 10 and later default fonts include 䖝 as of 2024.
Can I use 䖝 in ordinary writing?
Usually, use 虫 or 蟲 according to the language and spelling you are writing. Keep 䖝 when transcribing a source or referring to an entry that uses this form.
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