What ꈷ means
It writes mguo, a Yi syllable with several dictionary meanings.
The standardized Liangshan/Nuosu script uses one character per syllable. Dictionary entries list several mguo verb meanings: strike, touch, play an instrument, embroider, split bamboo, surround, and strike a fire tool. The rest of the Yi word selects the sense.
The history of Yi writing predates this standard: the earliest surviving example cited by Unicode is an inscription on a bronze bell dated 1485. Traditional regional forms varied and appeared in religious, magical, medical, and family-history writing; they are not thought to derive from Han characters. The modern Liangshan/Nuosu syllabary was devised in 1974 and officially promulgated in 1980 to support literacy. It standardizes one regional writing tradition, not every Yi variety.
What does ꈷ mean by itself?
It is Yi writing, not a standard chat reaction.
A lone message does not identify which mguo sense was intended; ask for the surrounding word or passage.
This character signals Yi/Nuosu writing or a deliberate reference to that writing system.
A lone character does not identify which mguo sense was meant.
What it means when someone sends it to you
2 readingsDon't confuse it with
2Questions people ask
1Why does ꈷ show as a square?
A square usually means your active font has no glyph for this Yi character. Use a font with Yi Syllables coverage; the underlying character has not changed.
How to type ꈷ
ꈷ\A237Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.