What 蟟 means
蟟 names a cicada. One gloss calls it large; 蛁蟟 is described as a smaller cicada with a plaintive call.
The Western Han book 方言, which collects regional words, is the earliest named record. Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionary notes no Shuowen entry (說文解字, an early Chinese character dictionary), but cites 玉篇, 廣韻, and 集韻. The Republican-era regional-word book 新方言 lists 即蟟, 蠽蟟, 𧉒蟟, and 知蟟; 蟧 is a variant.
Historical or regional in the cited records.
Alone, 蟟 gives little social context.
Who writes 蟟
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2 readingsA cicada name, glossed as smaller and plaintive-calling.
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1Why does 蟟 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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