What 矉 means
It depicts an angry, wide-eyed stare.
The earliest source cited is 《說文解字》, an early Chinese dictionary. It defines 矉 as eyes opened in anger and quotes the Classic of Poetry, an ancient Chinese verse collection; the received poem has 頻 there.
A story of Xishi in the classical Chinese text Zhuangzi and a poem by Li Bai are later literary examples linking it to 顰/颦, the frown form.
Literary and bookish, with cited examples from classical texts and poetry.
Don't confuse it with
2Questions people ask
1Why does 矉 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.
How to type 矉
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 77C9, then Alt+X to get 矉.
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-77c9”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 77c9, then Enter or Space.
HTML
矉CSS
\77C9Cangjie
how to type 矉: enter BUJMC in the Cangjie Chinese input method; other input methods may not offer it.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
矉
HTML hex
矉
CSS content
content: "\77C9";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E7%9F%89
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.