CJK Unified Ideograph-5Fed

Enter biàn, then choose 忭 from the candidate list.

Use bian4 or biàn in a pinyin IME; this syllable has many homophones, so select 忭 rather than trusting the first result. A Cangjie IME can use 心卜卜. If you only need one copy, copy it from the palette above.

Where did 忭 come from?

It is a joy-character linked to the older form 昪.

No secure first inscription for 忭 itself is established in the evidence checked as of 2026-09-12, so there is no honest single inventor or oracle-bone origin to report. The lexicographic trail instead treats 昪 as the older joy form and 忭 as an alternate written form; 《廣韻》 records the same “joyful” sense.

Its practical purpose was lexical: write delight, rejoicing, and happy action. In the Jin, Tang, and Song examples cited by Taiwan's Ministry of Education, the core sense stays stable while the character works as a description, an adverb, or a verb.

When should I send 忭?

Use it for a literary or playful flourish.

A university website, checked as of 2026-09-12, uses 忭躍 inside a deliberately classical fu. That contemporary example keeps the character's register clear: it can celebrate good news, but it is not neutral chat shorthand. Sent alone, it may feel learned, archaic, or like a typo; add context when the recipient may not know the word.