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𩛢

cjk unified ideograph-296e2

𩛢

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In Mandarin, 𩛢 is read xiū and refers to steamed rice. An old gloss can look like it adds “sour,” but that reading explains a different character.

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What 𩛢 means

No. “Sour” belongs to a borrowed reading for another character. An early written use appears in the Han-era Cang Jie Pian, a primer for learning Chinese characters, where 𩛢 names cooked rice. Later lexicons Guangya and Yupian gloss it as 饙, rice cooked by steaming. One reading of an old dictionary note links the pronunciation xiū with “sour” while explaining 𩞑, a different character for spoiled rice. This is a sound-based borrowing, not a second food meaning for 𩛢.

Who writes 𩛢

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Questions people ask

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Will 𩛢 display on Windows?

Yes. Taiwan’s CNS 11643 character catalog says the default system fonts in Windows 10 and later include the glyph (2024).

How to type or find 𩛢

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xiū · xiu · steamed rice · cooked rice · 饙
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Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 296E2, then AltX to get 𩛢.
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-296e2”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 296e2, then Enter or Space.
HTML
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CSS
\296E2
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𩛢
HTML hex
𩛢
CSS content
content: "\296E2";
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URL encoded
%F0%A9%9B%A2
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On screen
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JS .length
4
UTF-8 bytes

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