CJK Unified Ideograph-649F

撟 means “raise the hand,” with several classical extensions. The 撟 meaning shifts with context: lifting or straightening something, acting without authorization, or falsely claiming an order. 《說文解字》 analyzes it as 手 plus the phonetic 喬, which is why the hand-raising sense comes first.

The earliest trace used here is a Qin-slip form; by the Han period, 《說文解字》 preserves the definition, and the glyph history continues through clerical and regular scripts. As of 2026, the consulted sources support a written verb for a hand-raising action, not a named inventor or one original ritual, political, or institutional purpose. In historical writing, 矯 also did some of the same work.

How do I type 撟?

Use jiao in a Mandarin IME, or enter Cangjie QHKB.

To settle how to type 撟 fast, search jiao first and pick the rising-tone reading; the falling-tone reading belongs to a different dictionary entry. For simplified-script text, use 挢; the traditional or simplified choice should match the surrounding text.

A font can still be the problem: Taiwan’s CNS record says Windows 10+ default fonts already included 撟 in 2024. Copy it from the palette above. A missing square is a font-support problem, not a new meaning.