What 慝 means
It means concealed wrongdoing, evil, or vice.
On the Great Yu ding, an inscribed bronze vessel from the Western Zhou period, 匿 is used for 慝 in a royal admonition to expel evil. The inscription dates to around 1000 BCE, placing the word in an early political and moral setting.
Later classical texts also use 慝 for a wicked person or a harmful local condition, including calamity or miasma. In one line of the Book of Songs, an early Chinese poetry collection, its reading is linked with 忒, “change” or “deviation.” Its form combines 匿 and 心.
慝 is literary and specialist; it suits classical quotation or historical commentary more than casual chat.
If you mean “hide,” use 匿; 慝 adds evil, vice, or hidden wrongdoing.
Who writes 慝
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What it means when someone sends it to you
4 readingsHidden wrongdoing, vice, or a wicked person.
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Questions people ask
1Why does 慝 look different in Chinese and Japanese fonts?
Because CJK fonts can follow different regional glyph conventions. As of 2026, a Chinese or Japanese font may give 慝 a regional shape; that changes its appearance, not its Unicode identity.
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How to type or find 慝
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
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