What 憺 means
Usually calm or settled; context can turn it forceful.
The earliest dictionary evidence checked here comes from the Han period: 憺 is glossed as 安也, “at peace,” with 心 marking the meaning and 詹 giving the sound. Its core job was naming a settled inner state.
The same character extends from absorbed delight to the power to shake or frighten, so the nearby words decide. 澹 is the close relative in this tranquil family; 澹泊 is the familiar compound, while 憺泊 is also recorded.
Literary and dictionary-facing; alone, it makes the character itself the point.
Do not assume it always means calm: it can also mean to awe or frighten.
Who writes 憺
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Questions people ask
1Why does 憺 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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How to type or find 憺
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- dan · tan · calm · quiet · tranquil · peaceful · 憺然 · 澹泊
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
憺\61BACodes and encoding1 code points
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