What 翃 means
It means to fly, especially of insects.
Read it through dictionaries and variants, not as one invented story. The 2024 Taiwan Ministry of Education variant entry notes Shuowen does not record 翃, and the sources checked as of 2026-09-08 name no single inventor. Guangya glosses it as “fly”; Guangyun and Longkan Shoujian narrow it to insects flying.
The scope shifts with the text: broader in Guangya, narrower in Guangyun, and doubled as 翃翃 in discussion of Anhui bamboo-slip Zhounan for buzzing, wing-beating motion where transmitted Shijing writes 薨薨. To type it, enter hong and choose 翃 from the candidates.
How is 翃 different from 翝?
Use 翃; treat 翝 as a variant or mistaken form.
Taiwan’s education authority lists 翝 as a variant of 翃, while the Academia Sinica character database calls it an erroneous form. 𦐌 is another listed related form. Keep the original form when transcribing; search the meaning under 翃.
Rare, classical, and dictionary-like; in a name it is a proper noun, not a substitute for 飞.
In a personal name, do not translate it literally as insect flight.
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1Can 翃 replace 飞?
Usually no. Keep it for classical text, collation, or names; write 飞 in modern Chinese.
How to type 翃
翃\7FC3Codes and encoding1 code points
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