What 䖼 means
It names a dung beetle.
The rare Chinese character 䖼 names a dung beetle, sometimes glossed as a scarab. A related form, 𧍕, appears in the Shuowen Jiezi, a Chinese dictionary compiled around 100 CE; it is glossed as 渠䖼, with 天社 given as another name for the insect.
Later commentary links it with 蛣蜣 and 蜣蜋, names for the beetle, and notes its habit of pushing dung balls backward. The old character analysis uses 虫 as the insect-class marker for meaning and 却 as the sound-bearing part. A Japanese reference also records names for this beetle in Japanese.
It fits dictionaries and classical texts; in casual chat, the insect meaning may need context.
Alone, it may look like a missing glyph; name the beetle if clarity matters.
Who writes 䖼
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1Why does 䖼 show as a box?
That can be a font-coverage issue. As of 2026, some font and device combinations do not display 䖼; a missing glyph does not change the character.
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- Also called
- 𧍕 · 天社 · 蜣蜋
- Search it as
- 䖼 meaning · scarab character · 渠䖼 · 蛣蜣 · LIGIL · Cangjie LIGIL · 䖼 Pinyin · 䖼 box glyph
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
䖼\45BCCodes and encoding1 code points
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