What 䯲 means
It describes a topknot or hair gone untidy.
Chinese dictionaries gloss 䯲 as the appearance of a topknot and, in the fixed pair 䯲𩮅, as disheveled hair. The Song-era rhyme dictionaries Jiyun and Leipian preserve these glosses; rhyme dictionaries were old reference books arranged by sound.
In Mandarin pinyin, the Latin-letter spelling system, the topknot reading is pā, with a high, level tone. For disheveled hair, Han Dian records bà, with a p sound without an extra puff of air; Taiwan's Ministry of Education character-variant dictionary gives pá, with a p sound made with that puff.
What if 䯲 looks like a box?
The app's font is probably missing this character.
䯲 is text, so its shape comes from the font an app uses. A font with CJK Extension A coverage can display it; a blank or box is a fallback for a missing glyph.
Specialist and literary; context helps distinguish its two hair-related senses.
On its own, 䯲 does not tell the reader which hair sense you mean.
Who writes 䯲
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2How do you pronounce 䯲?
It depends: the topknot sense is pā, with a high, level Mandarin tone. For disheveled hair, Han Dian gives bà, with a p sound without an extra puff of air; Taiwan's dictionary gives pá, with a p sound made with that puff.
Why does 䯲 show as a box?
A box usually means the app's font lacks this glyph. Try a font that supports CJK Extension A; the character itself has not changed.
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