What 茀 means
A road blocked by dense weeds.
As of 2026-09-14, the earliest glyph evidence found in the consulted databases is bronze-inscription material, with no oracle-bone example listed for this character. The later small-seal form keeps a grass element with 弗 as its sound side. In 《說文》, 茀 is a road full of grass, impossible to travel: its first recoverable job was naming an obstruction.
The word then branches by context. 《大雅·生民》 uses it for clearing thick weeds; 《衛風·碩人》 uses 翟茀 for a carriage screen that hid a woman from view. Later records extend it to luxuriant growth, a loan for 福, a comet name, and a tethered arrow. Ancient inscriptions write the carriage-screen sense as 弼, a historical writing relationship rather than a modern variant.
Classical-literary register; its documented life is in transmitted texts, names, and historical compounds.
Do not read a lone 茀 as blessing; that loan needs its phrase.
What it means when someone sends it to you
5 readingsQuestions people ask
2Why does 茀 appear as 弼 in old inscriptions?
It is a historical writing relationship: ancient inscriptions use 弼 for the carriage-screen sense later written 茀; it is not a modern font variant.
Is 茀 an emoji?
No. 茀 is a typed CJK character, so its glyph comes from the active font rather than vendor emoji artwork.
How to type 茀
茀\8300Codes and encoding1 code points
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