亹

Persistence and continuous exertion; doggedness. The sense can range from positive diligence and industry to negative restlessness or anxious urgency. It specifically denotes the intensity and tempo of an effort rather than general busyness.

Functions as an attributive adjective or adverbial modifier. It typically describes either a person's state (e.g., "a striving man") or the manner in which an action is performed (e.g., "to pursue untiringly"). It often accompanies verbs of movement or the pursuit of a specific goal.

Fanqie readings (莫奔, 無匪) suggest an initial in the /m-/ or /w-/ range.

The glyph consists of a doubling of the "person/stepping" element, a common early script convention used to signal repetition or intensity.

In very early manuscripts, be mindful of potential scribal overlap with other repetitions of 人 (person).