What 嬮 means
Good, beautiful, or serenely composed, depending on the entry.
The Shuowen Jiezi, a Han-era Chinese character dictionary compiled around 100 CE and submitted in 121 CE, glosses 嬮 as good. It explains 女 as a clue to meaning and 厭 as a clue to sound.
Later rhyme books and dictionaries add senses of beauty and calm, composed bearing. In 嬮嬱, the character appears in a classical phrase meaning a beautiful woman.
Why does 嬮 look different in fonts?
Regional font design can change the inner strokes.
A 2023 issue for Adobe Source Han Serif lists 嬮 in a Taiwan glyph-structure update. That platform-specific change affects the drawing, not the identity of the character.
How do I enter the right reading?
Choose the input reading that matches the sense.
Mandarin pinyin input is reading-based; choose the dictionary entry that matches the sense. A Cangjie input method offers a structural route.
Literary and lexicographic in tone.
Who writes 嬮
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What it means when someone sends it to you
2 readingsUse the sense assigned to that entry: good, beautiful, or calm and composed.
Related characters
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Combination ideas
1Questions people ask
1Why does 嬮 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 嬮
- Search it as
- 嬮嬱 · yān · yàn · yè · Cangjie
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
嬮\5B2ECodes and encoding1 code points
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