What 瘑 means
A sore, ulcer, or illness.
As of 2026, 《说文》, an early dictionary, omits it. 《玉篇》 defines a skin ulcer; 《集韵》, a dictionary grouped by rhyme, glosses it as illness.
瘑疮 preserves its older medical sense.
What does 瘑 mean alone in a message?
No fixed chat reaction. Ask for its surrounding word or passage.
What it means when someone sends it to you
3 readingsIn an old medical text
A sore, ulcer, or skin illness.
Hakka term 癩瘑病 (2026)
A term for leprosy.
Ruijin pattern A瘑A绝; e.g. 坏瘑坏绝 (2026)
A negative quality pushed to the extreme.
Combination ideas
1Ruijin example meaning “extremely bad.”
Questions people ask
1Why does 瘑 show as a box?
The font lacks this glyph; a CJK font with coverage can display it.
How to type 瘑
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 7611, then Alt+X to get 瘑.
Windows
Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win + .).
macOS
Control+Command+SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “cjk unified ideograph-7611”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 7611, then Enter or Space.
HTML
瘑CSS
\7611Chinese Pinyin IME
Try guo1; gua1 is also recorded. Availability depends on the input dictionary.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
瘑
HTML hex
瘑
CSS content
content: "\7611";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E7%98%91
1
On screen
1
Code points
1
JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.