What 惺 means
Awake or perceptive; the compound sets the exact shade.
惺 combines 忄, the short left form of 心 (“mind”), with 星 as its sound cue. 字林, a Chinese character dictionary compiled around 350, is an early record of 惺; later citations explain 惺悟 as awakening or understanding. It is absent from Shuowen Jiezi, an early Chinese character dictionary, as of 2024.
Literary alone; natural in compounds.
假惺惺 accuses someone of fake kindness.
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3Capable people recognize and value one another.
Kindness performed for show; insincere.
Drowsy-eyed and not fully awake.
Questions people ask
1Why does 惺 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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