What 覬 means
It means hoping to obtain something, often improperly.
《說文解字》, an early Chinese dictionary, analyzes 覬 as 見 for meaning and 豈 for sound. 《左傳》, a historical chronicle, records 下無覬覦 in its account of Duke Huan II: people of lower rank do not covet what belongs above them.
《漢書》, a history of the Han dynasty, uses 覬欲 for improper desire for power. Mandarin Chinese reads 覬覦 jì yú (Pinyin); Japanese reads it きゆ (kiyu), meaning wanting what exceeds one's station.
Literary and formal; 覬 is most familiar in 覬覦.
It can sound like coveting what belongs to someone else.
Combination ideas
1Questions people ask
1Why does 覬 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.
How to type 覬
覬\89ACCodes and encoding1 code points
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