What 虦 means
The old gloss describes a tiger with pale or scant fur.
The Erya, an early Chinese dictionary, says the legendary beast 狻猊 resembles a 虦貓 and eats tigers and leopards. The Erya tradition is placed at the Warring States–early Han transition. Shuowen, a later character dictionary, explains 貓 in this old expression as part of an animal name.
Can I send 虦 as a reaction?
As of 2026, it has no standard chat-reaction reading.
A bare message can leave the recipient guessing because 虦 is a classical dictionary word. If someone sends it, ask whether they mean the old tiger term.
Classical and lexicographic.
In 虦貓, 貓 belongs to the old animal name, not a household cat.
What it means when someone sends it to you
2 readingsDon't confuse it with
1Combination ideas
2Questions people ask
1Why does 虦 appear as a box?
The font in use may lack this glyph. Try a font with Chinese character coverage; Taiwan's CNS11643 record lists it in some default Chinese fonts for Windows 10 and later, while other font stacks can still omit it.
How to type 虦
虦\8666Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.