What 駡 means
It means “to scold, blame, curse, or swear.” Read it as the verb for verbally insulting or reprimanding someone, not as a pictorial reaction.
Evidence points to evolution rather than a single inventor. The underlying form 罵 is recorded in 說文 as “to revile”; 駡 appears in later character-dictionary traditions as a variant, including 龍龕手鑑 and 字彙. Its practical purpose was to write the existing word in an alternate shape.
Across the documented forms, the core meaning stays put while the writing changes: 罵 is the traditional counterpart, and 骂 is the simplified counterpart used in mainland Chinese writing. As of 2026-09-11, the sources checked here do not establish a first inscription for 駡 itself.
Should you send 駡 to someone?
Only if you mean “scold” or “curse.” A standalone 駡 is not neutral; it carries the hostile verb. If your audience expects standard traditional or simplified writing, choose 罵 or 骂 instead unless the variant spelling is intentional.
It is a sharp insult verb in a variant spelling; choosing it can signal an orthographic choice.
Do not send it as decoration: its safest reading is “scold” or “curse.”
Who writes 駡
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Don't confuse it with
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Questions people ask
2Is 駡 different from 罵 or 骂?
No. It is a variant form of 罵, while 骂 is the simplified form; the sense remains “to scold, blame, curse, or swear.”
Why might 駡 appear as a box?
A missing font. Your font lacks a glyph for 駡. This is a font-support problem with a text character, not emoji artwork.
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How to type or find 駡
- Also called
- 罵 · 骂
- Search it as
- 駡 · mà · ma4 · scold · curse · chide · blame · variant
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
駡\99E1Codes and encoding1 code points
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