What 䮳 means
It is read fán and means rearing or propagation. In Mandarin, fán sounds roughly like “fan” said with a rising pitch. Dictionaries gloss 䮳 as raising or nurturing, and record it as a rare written variant of the word also written 蕃.
蕃 appears in inscriptions cast on ancient bronze objects. The early Chinese character dictionary 《說文解字》 defines it as lush plant growth; later texts extend the word to breeding and abundance. The Kangxi Dictionary, a Chinese reference work, preserves a rhyme-dictionary gloss for 䮳: 生養蕃也, “to rear or nurture.”
Is 䮳 the same as 蕃?
They are related written forms, but not the same glyph. Dictionaries list 䮳 as a variant of 蕃. The wider word 蕃 can refer to lush growth, multiplying, or flourishing; older texts also use it for a protective screen or an outer or foreign designation. Treat those wider senses as meanings of 蕃 unless context ties them to 䮳.
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What it means when someone sends it to you
3 readingsA rare character with no reliable clue to the intended word or tone.
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1Why is 䮳 a box on my screen?
As of 2026, a missing box usually means the font on your device lacks a glyph for 䮳; fonts that include it may still draw its CJK shape differently.
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䮳\4BB3Codes and encoding1 code points
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