What 搮 means
It means arranging or tending something by hand.
The earliest named references are in works attributed to the Eastern Jin and Southern Liang dynasties, though the cited examples survive in later editions and do not establish when the character was created. The early Chinese dictionary 《說文》 has no entry for it; medieval lexicons gloss it as handling or tending something by hand. A dictionary also records another Mandarin reading, biāo, and a handwritten form of 搮 as a variant of 標.
Sources on Southern Min and Chaozhou connect 搮, in the dialect reading transcribed as lut8, to stroking in one direction, straightening sleeves, grooming hair or a beard, and milking. A Hangzhou dialect example repeats the verb while describing how to comb or tidy hair.
What does it mean when someone sends 搮?
Ask what sentence or dialect it belongs to.
A message containing only 搮 has too little context to distinguish a dictionary gloss, a dialect spelling, or a historical quotation. The surrounding words and regional speech determine which use fits.
Dictionary and dialect use; in casual messages it reads as rare and context-dependent.
Alone, it can look accidental; ask for the sentence if the intended reading matters.
Who writes 搮
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What it means when someone sends it to you
4 readingsA rare Han character; ask for the sentence or language before choosing a reading.
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1Why does 搮 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 搮
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- 搮 meaning · 搮 pronunciation · lì · li4 · lut8 · 搮 dialect · 搮 Hangzhou · 搮 stroke
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