What 蛂 means
An old Chinese name for a scarab beetle.
《爾雅·釋蟲》, a Chinese insect glossary, pairs 蛂 with 蟥蛢. Commentator Guo Pu describes a green, armored beetle and gives 黃蛢 as a Jiangdong name; later glosses connect 蛂 with 蜉蛢.
Old and lexicographic Chinese; it names an insect.
Alone, it may look like a pasted glossary entry.
Who writes 蛂
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What it means when someone sends it to you
2 readingsA historical insect name.
Related characters
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蟥蛢 《爾雅》 pairs this insect name with 蛂.
黃蛢 Guo Pu gives it as a regional name for the beetle in Jiangdong.
蜉蛢 Later glosses connect this beetle name with 蛂.
Questions people ask
1Why does 蛂 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 蛂
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- 蛂 · scarab · beetle · green beetle · 蟥蛢 · 黃蛢 · Cangjie
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蛂\86C2Codes and encoding1 code points
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