What 敪 means
In 敁敪, 敪 marks weighing something, then considering it.
A medieval Chinese rhyme dictionary, 廣韻, glosses 敁敪 as knowing an object's weight. A Qing novel, Dream of the Red Chamber (紅樓夢), uses the phrase for silently weighing a situation. Dictionaries also list 掂掇 and 掂算 as alternate spellings.
What if 敪 is sent alone?
By itself, 敪 gives too little context for a reliable reading.
Dictionary records link it to 敠 as a variant. Some linked entries also give separate senses, including cutting and turning up for a meal uninvited. Those are not automatic readings of a one-character message; ask what phrase or quotation it came from.
How do I type 敪?
Search the full phrase 敁敪 in a Chinese input method.
The phrase is a better lookup handle than 敪 alone; dictionaries route its meaning through 敁敪 and list 掂掇 or 掂算 as alternatives.
A 2024 entry in Taiwan's CNS character database shows 敪 in three type styles: Kai (brushlike), Heiti (sans serif), and Song (serif). Stroke differences between these fonts are typographic; the character stays the same.
Specialized, old-form wording; 掂掇 and 掂算 are more familiar written alternatives for the phrase.
An isolated 敪 is not enough to infer a sender's mood.
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What it means when someone sends it to you
3 readingsWeigh an object, or consider a situation.
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1Will 敪 look identical in every font?
No. Fonts draw the strokes differently; the display changes, not the underlying text character.
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How to type or find 敪
- Also called
- 敠 · 敁敪 · 掂掇
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- 敪 meaning · 敪 character · 敪 input · 敪 font
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
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