What 膼 means
It names a leg; in Sichuanese, it can also mean “to kick.”
Chinese dictionaries generally gloss it as a body part, while the “kick” verb is specifically a Sichuanese usage. Nearby words help distinguish the two.
What do its older records show?
Older dictionary glosses narrow its “leg” sense to a condition.
Guangyun, a Chinese rhyme dictionary compiled in 1008, glosses 膼 as 膇, an old term for a swollen or diseased leg. Jiyun, another rhyme dictionary compiled in 1039, gives “leg”; the later Kangxi Dictionary quotes both entries.
The left side signals the body-related sense; the right-side component 冎 points to sound rather than meaning, linking 膼 to the Chinese phonetic series that includes 過 and 檛. A Cantonese spelling article from 2012 proposed 膼 in 腳膼 or 腳瓜 for “leg”; a separate Cantonese critique disputes the sound analysis, so the proposal remains contested.
Regional and specialist: a bare 膼 leaves the reading underdetermined.
Do not assume the Sichuanese “kick” sense is shared across Chinese.
Who writes 膼
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What it means when someone sends it to you
3 readingsRead it as a leg in general Chinese dictionary usage; the character alone does not establish a regional verb.
Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does 膼 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 膼
- Search it as
- leg · kick · 腿 · 踢 · zhua · Cangjie BYBB · 腳瓜 · 腳膼
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
膼\81BCCodes and encoding1 code points
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