What 凢 means
凢 carries the same meanings as 凡. In Mandarin, both are pronounced roughly “fahn” with a rising tone; depending on the sentence, 凡 can mean “all/every,” “in total,” “ordinary,” or “worldly.”
Traditional character dictionaries gloss 凡 as “a general outline” or “summary”; this is an inherited explanation, not a proven account of how the original shape was made. The earlier form 凡 appears in oracle-bone inscriptions and bronze inscriptions. Oracle-bone inscriptions were carved on bones used for divination. The distinct spelling 凢 is documented as a variant in the Tang-era guide 干禄字书 and the Dunhuang collection 敦煌俗字谱, a catalog of common variant forms.
Keep 凢 when matching a source's spelling; for ordinary modern Chinese writing, choose 凡.
Who writes 凢
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Questions people ask
1Why does 凢 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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How to type or find 凢
- Search it as
- 凡 · fán · fan · Pinyin · Cangjie HHN · variant character
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
凢\51E2fan without a tone mark and check whether 凢 appears among the candidates. Mandarin fán is roughly “fahn,” with a rising tone.Codes and encoding1 code points
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