迉

迉 is an old spelling in 迉迡, meaning “rest or linger.”

A character-variant dictionary equates 迉迡 with 棲遲, a literary phrase for resting or lingering at leisure. The phrase carries the meaning; 迉 alone gives readers too little context.

Where does 迉迡 appear in an old text?

An early anthology preserves it in a Han-period poem.

Yang Xiong's 甘泉賦 is a long, ornate poem written in the Han period. The Wenxuan, an early Chinese literary anthology, preserves a line with 迉迡 and glosses it as resting at ease. A parallel passage in the Han Shu, a history of the Han dynasty, gives another form, 遟𨒈. The Taiwan Ministry of Education variant dictionary notes that 迉 is absent from 說文, an early character dictionary. These records show textual variation, but do not establish when 迉 first appeared.

Why does 迉 look different or show as a box?

A font may lack 迉 or draw its strokes differently.

As of 2026, fonts for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean text on computers, phones, and browsers can render 迉 with different strokes. A box can mean the active font lacks the character; checking code point U+8FC9 helps confirm its identity.