What 頇 means
“Large-faced” is the old gloss; 顢頇 means muddled or careless.
A 2024 Taiwan Ministry of Education dictionary entry notes that 頇 is absent from 說文, an early Chinese dictionary. Its earliest dictionary record is in 玉篇, compiled in 543. The Song-era dictionary 廣韻 glosses 顓頇 as “large-faced.” The old face description later shifted into a criticism of how someone handled things.
In 顢頇, it is bluntly negative and rarely sounds like a neutral description.
Applied to someone's work, it can sound like calling them incompetent.
What it means when someone sends it to you
2 readings顢頇 about a person
A pointed criticism of confused, careless, or incompetent conduct.
Taiwanese Hokkien 頇顢
The 2026 Taiwan Taigi dictionary records it for someone dull, clumsy, or lacking ability.
Don't confuse it with
1Combination ideas
2A compound criticizing muddled, careless, or incompetent conduct.
Taiwanese Hokkien for someone dull, clumsy, or lacking ability.
Questions people ask
1Why does 頇 look different in different fonts?
It can: font support controls this CJK glyph, and fonts may draw its strokes differently.
How to type 頇
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 9807, then Alt+X to get 頇.
Windows
Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win + .).
macOS
Control+Command+SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “cjk unified ideograph-9807”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 9807, then Enter or Space.
HTML
頇CSS
\9807Pinyin
Pinyin readings hān and àn are both recorded; a Mandarin Pinyin input method may require choosing the intended candidate.
Cangjie
Cangjie code MJMBC enters this traditional form.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
頇
HTML hex
頇
CSS content
content: "\9807";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E9%A0%87
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On screen
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Code points
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JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.