What 歠 means
To drink, especially soupy or porridge-like food. 歠 is a literary classical Chinese verb for taking in drink, soup, gruel, or thin wine. It belongs in quotations, etiquette passages, and moral examples, not in a modern request for a drink. Type chuo and pick 歠 from the candidates, or copy it from the palette above when your IME does not offer it.
Why does 歠醢 sound rude?
It turns a drink into a table-manners violation. In 歠醢, directly drinking meat paste is improper in the cited ritual etiquette; in 歠菽飲水, the same verb means plain living on bean porridge and water, sometimes with filial respect. 啜 overlaps in meaning, so preserve whichever graph your quotation uses.
Literary and archaic; a standalone send signals quotation, rare-character display, or a request for explanation.
Do not read it as a cute “sip” emoji; its classical range includes improper drinking.
Who writes 歠
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What it means when someone sends it to you
3 readingsA literary “drink”; likely a quotation, rare-character display, or request for context.
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How to type or find 歠
- Search it as
- chuo · chuò · drink · sip · suck · soup · gruel · 歠醢
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
歠\6B60Codes and encoding1 code points
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