What 詪 means
Enter hěn or hen3, then select 詪 from the candidates. Pinyin input maps one pronunciation to many homophones, so this rare character may sit below common choices. If it is missing, search by its 言 艮 components or use a stroke-based input method. Some apps also support Unicode hex input: enter 8A6A, though the steps depend on the app.
Typing and display are separate: Unicode identifies the character, while a font draws its glyph. Different fonts can change the strokes’ appearance without changing which character it is.
What does 詪 mean?
詪 is a historical character for cruel conduct and difficult speech. The 《說文解字》 (Shuowen Jiezi), an early Chinese character dictionary traditionally dated to 121 CE, includes an entry for it. The entry pairs 言, the speech component, with 艮 for sound; the parts cue meaning and pronunciation rather than depict an object.
Later dictionaries gloss 詪 as contrary, cruel, or disobedient, and also as difficult or quarrelsome speech. 《廣雅》 lists 詪詪 among speech-related terms.
Historical-dictionary register; it looks unusual in ordinary modern writing.
Use 很 for ordinary modern writing; 詪 is not a routine substitute.
Who writes 詪
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Don't confuse it with
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Questions people ask
1Why does 詪 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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How to type or find 詪
- Search it as
- 詪 · hěn · hen3 · 很 · 𧨛 · 詪詪 · difficult speech · quarrelsome speech
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
詪\8A6ACodes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.