Rare variant of 饕

䬭 is a rare variant of 饕, meaning greedy or gluttonous.

In Chinese, 饕 means greed or craving. In 饕餮, it joins 餮 to name a legendary glutton and a bronze mask pattern called taotie.

The recognizable taotie bronze motif is documented on ritual vessels from the late Shang dynasty, bronze containers for offerings of food and drink. Later Chinese commentaries and Korean interpretations during the Joseon dynasty treated the pattern as a warning against gluttony and poor conduct. The Chinese character dictionary Shuowen defines 饕 as greed and records 叨 as another written form; later dictionaries label 䬭 a nonstandard variant of 饕.

What does it mean when someone sends 䬭 alone?

It suggests greed, but alone its intent is unclear.

A reader who knows character variants may connect it to 饕; someone else may not identify it at all, especially if their font lacks the glyph. If you mean to call someone greedy, 饕 or plain wording is clearer. Use 䬭 when discussing a source that actually prints this rare form.

Why might 䬭 display as a box?

A font without 䬭 can show a box or fallback glyph.

Different CJK fonts may draw 䬭 differently; a font without this rare glyph may show an empty box or another substitute.