訔

訔 means disputing or arguing, and it can stand for 誾.

In dictionary tradition, 誾 describes speech that is agreeable yet willing to argue; the doubled form 訔訔 is glossed more directly as an argument or dispute. Check the surrounding words before choosing the sense.

What does 訔 mean when someone sends it?

A bare 訔 does not show whether the sender is arguing with you. It could be a cited character, part of 訔訔, or a person’s name. Ask which word or passage the sender has in mind before reading it as an argument aimed at you.

Where did 訔 come from?

訔 is recorded as an alternate form of 誾 in early Chinese dictionaries. The 玉篇, a Chinese dictionary compiled in 543 CE, places 訔 beside 誾 in its section on speech-related characters and gives both the same explanation. In its 2024 edition, Taiwan’s Ministry of Education variant dictionary says 訔 is absent from 說文, an early Chinese dictionary, and records it as another form of 誾.

That linked term describes speech that is agreeable yet willing to argue. Later dictionary glosses read 訔訔 more directly as an argument or dispute. The same lexicographic tradition also records 訔 as a mountain name and in personal names.