What 翣 means
It names a feathered funerary screen, and later a ceremonial fan.
Zhou and Warring States ritual texts already describe 翣 as a feathered coffin furnishing; studies of Zhou tombs also place it among objects outside the coffin. It could screen the body from view, while its number and decoration marked rank.
Later texts also use 翣 for a large wooden fan and for a fan-shaped ornament on a frame holding bells and drums. Tang-era funeral rules describe bearers screening the coffin in procession. The compounds name specific forms: 翣柳 for coffin furnishings; 黼翣, 黻翣, and 画翣 for decorated funerary panels; 璧翣 for a jade-associated ornament on a ritual frame.
Should you send 翣 by itself?
Only if the reader has the historical or ritual context.
By itself, 翣 does not name a clear emotion. In casual chat it may land as an unexplained classical term, so use it when discussing a funeral text, a procession, or a reconstructed ritual object.
A historical ritual term; alone, it gives little clue to the sender’s tone.
Without context, it can look like a stray classical character.
What it means when someone sends it to you
5 readingsCombination ideas
3Worth knowing
- Font design changes the character’s stroke weight and proportions; that is a rendering difference, not a different character.
Questions people ask
1Why does 翣 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 翣
翣\7FE3Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.