What 绽 means
绽 means an opening appears or comes undone.
The image begins with clothing: stitches give way and fabric splits. An early Chinese character dictionary, 《说文解字》, uses 袒 for this seam-opening sense; 綻 later took over the meaning, and 绽 is its simplified form. The character can also describe torn skin, a flower opening, a flaw showing through, and mending.
Why can 绽 mean both blooming and a flaw?
The surrounding word decides whether an opening is a bloom or a problem.
绽放 describes a flower blooming, and 绽开 can mean opening or splitting. In 破绽, the split becomes a flaw, loophole, or inconsistency. One physical opening branches into a lovely image or a pointed criticism.
What does 绽 mean when someone sends it alone?
Alone, 绽 does not tell you which sense the sender intends.
Read the surrounding message: a flower phrase is positive; 破绽 can be pointed criticism. If someone sends only 绽, ask what word or phrase they meant.
Neutral in ordinary words; 破绽 is pointed because it calls attention to a weakness or inconsistency.
Calling a minor slip a 破绽 can make the criticism sound sharper than intended.
Who writes 绽
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What it means when someone sends it to you
4 readingsThe flower is opening; the tone is visual and positive.
Don't confuse it with
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3Questions people ask
1Why does 绽 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.
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How to type or find 绽
- Also called
- 綻
- Search it as
- zhàn · zhan · 绽放 · 绽开 · 破绽 · 绽露 · 皮开肉绽
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
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