Chinese character 覼

覼 is a literary Chinese character used in 覼縷, “a full account.”

Shuowen Jiezi, an early Chinese dictionary, glosses it as 好視 (“favorable-looking”). Later sources define 覶縷/覼縷 as 委曲詳言, a detailed, painstaking explanation; 覼 is catalogued as a variant of 覶. The earliest located attestation of 覼 is on a Western Zhou bronze vessel, in an inscription conventionally labelled 覼作父戊卣. The dedication records an object made for Father Wu; it does not show that the character already meant “detailed explanation.” A Tang example uses 覶縷 for setting something out in full.

Someone sent me 覼—what does it mean?

Alone, it gives too little context to infer a tone.

Treat it as written text, a quotation, or part of a literary word; ask for the surrounding phrase or its source.

Different fonts can draw its strokes differently; that changes its appearance, not the sender’s meaning or tone.