What 㸆 means
It tells the cook to simmer food in sauce until tender.
The liquid thickens around the ingredient and carries the seasoning into it.
Regional dish names use it to mark the method; a 2015 recipe shows examples.
Who writes 㸆
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Don't confuse it with
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Related characters
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Combination ideas
3Crucian carp slow-cooked with scallions.
Slow-cooked mustard greens.
Ribs slow-cooked with scallions.
Questions people ask
1Why does 㸆 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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How to type or find 㸆
- Also called
- kào · 焅
- Search it as
- 㸆 · 烤 · 火靠 · kao4 · 㸆菜 · 葱㸆 · 㸆鱼 · 㸆肉
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
㸆CSS
\3E06Pinyin
To enter 㸆 by pinyin, type kao4; 4 marks the falling tone. Select 㸆 if offered; rare IMEs may omit it.
Cangjie / Wubi
FHGY is Cangjie; OTFD is Wubi. Your IME must support the layout.
Font
A box instead of 㸆 means the font lacks that glyph.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
㸆
HTML hex
㸆
CSS content
content: "\3E06";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E3%B8%86
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On screen
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Code points
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JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.