What 巹 means
It names the split-gourd cup in an old Chinese wedding rite. A pre-Qin (before the Qin dynasty) Chinese ritual manual, 《仪礼·士昏礼》, describes a wedding in which one gourd is divided into two wine cups, one for each newlywed. 合巹 names the shared-drink ceremony.
Sharing the paired cups marked the couple’s union. As gourd halves gave way to ordinary cups, 合巹 stayed as the rite’s name and also came to refer to marriage itself; it is often linked with 交杯酒, the shared-cup wedding toast. In 2026, officials in Chongqing staged a traditional ceremony featuring 合卺礼.
What does 巹 mean when someone sends it?
Read it as a literary wedding reference, not a clear greeting. By itself, 巹 could point to the cup, the ceremony or marriage by extension; the message does not say which. If intent matters, ask what the sender means before treating it as congratulations.
Classical and ceremonial; alone in casual chat it reads as a literary reference.
Alone, it can look like an unexplained character instead of a wedding wish.
Who writes 巹
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What it means when someone sends it to you
3 readingsFormal name for the traditional shared-drink wedding rite.
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1Why does 巹 show as a box?
A box means the current font cannot display 巹. It is a display limitation; the character in the text remains 巹.
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How to type or find 巹
- Also called
- 卺
- Search it as
- jǐn · jin3 · 合卺 · 合巹 · 合卺礼 · 交杯酒
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
巹\5DF9jin3 on a Latin-letter input keyboard, then select 巹 from the suggestions.Codes and encoding1 code points
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