蛬 character

蛬 is a rare written variant of 蛩, a Chinese character for a cricket.

Later Chinese rhyme dictionaries—reference books that group words by sound—record 蛬 under 蛩’s cricket sense and identify it as another written form. Classical verse uses the 蛩/蛬 tradition for the insect and its call.

Older dictionaries also give 蛩 a legendary blue-creature sense and a cicada-shell sense attributed to Qin. An old regional word list records cricket names as 蛬 in Chu (楚), 王孫 in Southern Chu (南楚), and 趣織 in Youzhou (幽州).

What does 蛬 mean when someone sends it?

Read it first as a rare literary or dictionary form.

A lone 蛬 gives little context about the sender’s intent. Its documented sense is the cricket word linked to 蛩; ask for the surrounding sentence before reading it as a private signal.