Han character 䤎

Use Cangjie code MWNHB; switch fonts if it shows as a box.

Cangjie is a Chinese input method that enters characters from their written parts. Unicode's chart says its sample glyph is not mandatory; your chosen font, or a replacement font used when it lacks a character, can draw 䤎 differently or leave it as a box.

What does 䤎 mean?

It means sauce or fermented paste, with a shellfish-paste reading.

The earliest secure lexical evidence for 䤎 is the Eastern Han dictionary Shuowen Jiezi, compiled around 100 CE and presented in 121 CE; it glosses the character as sauce. The Kangxi Dictionary also preserves the sauce sense and records a separate reading for shellfish paste.

A 2016 study discusses a graph on a Warring States bamboo slip—a thin strip of bamboo used for writing—in a food-related passage. Some editors read it as 䤎; others identify it as 二, 貳 or another character, so it remains a disputed early candidate rather than a secure attestation.

Can I send 䤎 alone?

Add a gloss or context; alone, it does not specify a modern sauce.

Use a gloss such as 䤎 (sauce) when discussing an old text or dictionary entry. For an actual order, write the modern name of the dish so the recipient knows what you mean.