Chinese character 鷎

A regional Chinese name for a dove.

A 2024 entry in Taiwan's Ministry of Education Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants marks 鷎 as absent from 說文, an early Chinese dictionary. It traces the character through later reference works: 玉篇, 廣韻, 集韻 and 類篇.

The old Chinese dialect glossary 方言, cited by Dai Zhen, records 鷎 as a local dove-name east of the pass, including Zhou and Zheng districts and the Han and Wei capitals. Another gloss links 鷱鴡 with 䳕鳩, a small dove, in Youzhou, a historical northern region. On Windows, Microsoft Traditional Chinese IME accepts Backquote + U, then 9DCE and Space as of 2026.

What does it mean if someone sends 鷎?

By itself, it does not tell you why it was sent.

Its documented sense is a regional bird-name. In a Chinese quotation, read the surrounding words; if it arrives alone, ask whether the sender means the character, a historical passage, or its dove sense.

Why can 鷎 look different?

Its appearance depends on the CJK font.

Fonts for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean can draw the same character with different stroke proportions. If a font lacks 鷎, an app may show a blank square.