Han character 睰

睰 has an opaque Chinese gloss and a separate Old Zhuang use. Chinese dictionaries give the Mandarin pinyin reading mà (“ma” with a falling tone) and preserve the phrase 視睰 without a clear standalone definition. The Chinese dictionary record reaches 《廣韻》, an 11th-century Chinese pronunciation-and-rhyme dictionary; it gives 莫八切, an old pronunciation formula. The earlier 《說文解字》 does not list 睰.

In historical Old Zhuang writing—a traditional character-based way to write the Zhuang language—the glyph is recorded for “look,” “see,” or “peer.” Its reading is written yoj, approximately “yo” with a high, even tone; the final j marks tone, not an extra consonant. The same shape appears in two traditions, but that does not establish a shared origin.

What does 睰 mean when someone sends it?

A lone 睰 does not reveal which reading the sender intends. The Chinese and Old Zhuang records assign it different readings, so ask which language or text it came from before guessing at the sender’s tone.