What 訩 means
It names a verbal dispute or lawsuit.
Traditional dictionaries gloss it with 訟, a character for litigation or dispute. The Shuowen Jiezi, a traditional Chinese character dictionary, treats 訩 as a variant of 詾 and analyzes it as 言 (“speech”) plus 匈 as a sound clue. This is a sound-and-meaning construction, not a picture of a quarrel. Later dictionaries also associate the character with disorder, uproar, and many voices.
Is 訩 a form of 訟?
No; they are different characters.
訩 has 凶 on the right; 訟 has 公. Their dictionary definitions can overlap around disputes, but the characters are distinct.
Literary and old-fashioned; choosing 訩 signals a deliberate historical or source-specific spelling.
For 訟, look for 公 on the right; 訩 has 凶.
Don't confuse it with
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1Why does 訩 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 訩
訩\8A29Codes and encoding1 code points
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