俼俼, rare variant of 鬻

What 俼 means

俼 is a rare variant of 鬻, meaning “to sell.”

An older explanation says 鬻 depicts rice cooking in a vessel; its use for “to sell” is treated as a borrowed meaning. A passage in the Mencius, an early Chinese text, uses 鬻 for selling around the 4th century BCE.

The Shuowen Jiezi, an early Chinese character dictionary, records 鬻 by 100 AD. Dictionaries list 俼 as a variant of 鬻, and some variant lists also group it with 粥. That connects 俼 to a written family tied to selling and porridge; it does not make 俼 a normal substitute for either modern word.

What does 俼 mean when someone sends it?

Read it as a rare written form, not a reaction.

If it arrives alone, the safest starting point is its dictionary relationship to 鬻, not an emotional tone. The older word-family also has porridge and nourishment readings, so surrounding text matters.

If the sense is unclear, ask for the sentence it came from.

How do I type 俼?

Use a Chinese input method that supports the character.

Cangjie uses OYIB and Wubi uses WYCE. With a Chinese pinyin input method, enter yù and check that the result is 俼; a same-sounding result may be another character.

The 2024 CNS 11643 record lists Windows 10-and-later default fonts as covering 俼. If it appears as a box or substitute elsewhere, check that system’s font coverage; fonts can draw or fall back differently.

Rare, literary and dictionary-facing; it belongs in historical or specialist text, not ordinary modern Chinese writing.

By itself, 俼 can look like an unexplained rare character.

Who writes 俼

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Related characters

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鬻

CJK Unified Ideograph-9B3B

Chinese dictionaries list 俼 as a variant of 鬻, whose literary sense includes “to sell.” They are related written forms, not a guarantee of interchangeability in modern text.

粥

CJK Unified Ideograph-7Ca5

Some variant lists connect 俼 and 鬻 with 粥, the ordinary modern character for porridge. This is a historical relationship, not a reason to swap them freely.

Questions people ask

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Are 俼 and 鬻 interchangeable?

No. Dictionaries list 俼 as a variant of 鬻, but that relationship does not make the rare form suitable as an everyday replacement. Use ordinary modern wording for the sentence.

When does 俼 mean porridge?

Only when the older word-family and the surrounding passage support that sense; the dictionary link to 鬻 does not mean every occurrence of 俼 refers to food.

Why does 俼 look different in different fonts?

The font draws the character’s shape, so it can look different or fall back to a box if that font lacks coverage. The text character itself remains 俼.