Han character 寪

寪 describes a building’s outward form. The old gloss 屋貌 means “a building’s appearance.” The Shuowen, an early Chinese dictionary, gives a fuller gloss, 屋宇開張貌, describing a building opening or spreading outward.

The Zuozhuan, a classical Chinese chronicle, preserves an early use of 寪 in the proper name 寪氏.

How does 寪 appear in older texts?

It appears in a surname and a separate “unsettled” expression. The Zuozhuan passage uses 寪氏 as a name; a Chinese dictionary identifies it as the surname of a noble from Lu, an ancient Chinese state.

Another old compound, 隉寪, describes an unsteady or unsettled appearance. That sense is recorded separately from the building description and the surname.

When should you use 寪 in a message?

Add a gloss if you want your message understood. Its recorded senses, as of 2026, do not establish a standard online reaction meaning. Used alone, it reads as an obscure classical character unless the recipient knows the source or the wordplay.

Use it alone only when the obscurity is the point. Otherwise, explain the intended gloss or the phrase around it.