What 緮 means
In the Mawangdui Zhouyi, 緮 writes a word for a chariot fitting. The Zhouyi is an early Chinese classic. The Mawangdui silk copy was buried in a tomb sealed by 168 BCE; the manuscript may be older, so this is a latest bound, not the character's invention date. In its chariot passages, 緮 is read as fù and corresponds to 輹, the fitting that secures the carriage body to its axle.
Some dictionary entries also preserve the compound 絹緮 but leave its meaning unresolved. That makes 緮 safest to read through its source: on its own, it does not give a secure everyday gloss.
Why does 緮 differ from 輻?
They are distinct spellings in related Zhouyi readings. In the Mawangdui copy, 緮 appears where received Zhouyi versions write 輹; another received reading has 輻. 輹 names the carriage fitting, while 輻 names a wheel spoke.
Use 緮 when reproducing that source's form. For a general explanation, name the source and reading; the isolated character does not settle which historical word is intended.
Textual and specialized; without a source, the graph is hard to interpret.
Give its source or reading; alone, it leaves the historical word unclear.
Who writes 緮
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Questions people ask
1Why does 緮 show as a box?
It can. If the active font lacks a glyph for 緮, the app may display a replacement box; that is a font-coverage problem, not proof that the character in the text is different.
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