What 誮 means
In Japanese, 誮 means “kind” or “gentle.” It is read やさしい (ya-sa-shee, with a long final “ee”); the usual spelling is 優しい. Dictionaries classify 誮 as a kokuji, a kanji coined in Japan. Its form joins 言 (“speech”) and 花 (“flower”); a Japanese character explanation uses the combination for flower-like words spoken warmly to someone.
What does 誮 mean when someone sends it?
Treat a lone 誮 as a character clue, not a complete message. The glyph alone cannot tell you whether the sender means the Japanese adjective or is discussing the character. Some Chinese dictionary entries describe 誮 as borrowed from Japanese and assign it Mandarin huā, the same reading as 花 (roughly “hwaa,” high and level). Ask which language or word the sender has in mind.
Rare and outside Japan’s standard-use kanji list; it reads as a deliberate, specialist spelling choice.
A Chinese dictionary’s huā entry is not the meaning of Japanese 誮.
What it means when someone sends it to you
3 readingsDon't confuse it with
1Questions people ask
1Why can 誮 look different in another font?
Japanese character references describe its shape as environment-dependent (as of 2026-10-08); fonts or apps can draw it differently. The character is still 誮.
How to type 誮
誮\8AAECodes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.