What 閁 means
It means looking askance: a sidelong glance.
In Mandarin, it sounds roughly like “ma” in “mama,” with a falling pitch; pinyin, the letter-based spelling used by many Chinese input methods, writes it mà. 邪視 means “looking askance,” and 乜斜 is another phrase for a sidelong glance.
An older Chinese character dictionary, 說文, does not list 閁; a dictionary from China's Ming dynasty records the look-askance sense. That dates a surviving written attestation, not the form's invention.
Should I send 閁 by itself?
Only if the recipient already has the context.
This is a specialized dictionary word, so a one-character message gives little context unless the recipient knows the intended sense. Use it in a character discussion or rare-word writing; spell out the reaction when it needs to land clearly.
Specialized and lexical: useful in character study, unclear as an unexplained chat reaction.
A bare 閁 may not read as “side-eye.”
Don't confuse it with
2Questions people ask
2閁 撐 meaning?
Yes, in some dictionaries: 撐 appears as a second gloss, meaning “prop up”; another dictionary gives the look-askance sense. Treat these as separate dictionary glosses, not automatic synonyms.
Why does 閁 look different in different fonts?
Yes, it can. The active Han font draws this text character, so stroke proportions and style can vary while its identity remains 閁.
How to type 閁
閁\9581Codes and encoding1 code points
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