What 胨 means
It names peptone, chiefly in 蛋白胨. That compound supplies nitrogen in microbial culture and fermentation media, so expect 胨 on labels and protocols.
The old form 腖 is glossed as 肉腖 in Southern Liang era 玉篇 lexicography. That is the earliest trace verified, not a documented invention. As of 2026, the sources identify no single inventor.
Technical Chinese: expect it in biochemistry or fermentation writing.
If you meant 胴, you meant “torso,” not peptone.
Who writes 胨
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Don't confuse it with
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Combination ideas
1Standard full term for peptone.
Questions people ask
1Why does 胨 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 胨
- Also called
- peptone · 蛋白胨 · 腖
- Search it as
- dòng · danbaidong · 胨字
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
胨CSS
\80E8how to type 胨
Type dòng; entering 蛋白胨 narrows the homophones.
Traditional form 腖
Use 腖 in traditional Chinese.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
胨
HTML hex
胨
CSS content
content: "\80E8";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E8%83%A8
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On screen
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Code points
1
JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.