虅 character

Its meaning depends on its written context. Japanese character references list 虅 as a variant of 藤, the character for a vine or wisteria. Chinese dictionaries also record 停虅, a rare spelling of 停腾, with glosses including “suitable,” “settled,” or “put in order.”

A comparison of editions of 法琳别传, a text from the Tang period, records 藤 in one version and 虅 in another. This is evidence of historical variant spelling; it does not show that the two forms can be exchanged in every context.