What 膮 means
It is the pork entry in that classical sequence.
Shuowen Jiezi, an early Chinese dictionary, defines 膮 as 豕肉羹也, literally “broth made from pork.” In the ritual texts 《礼记》 and 《仪礼》, the sequence 膷臐膮 names beef, mutton, and pork broths included in formal provisions for an envoy.
Classical and lexicographic; it belongs in historical food terminology.
Do not read “fragrant” into the ritual broth list.
Don't confuse it with
2Questions people ask
1Why does 膮 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.
How to type 膮
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 81AE, then Alt+X to get 膮.
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-81ae”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 81ae, then Enter or Space.
HTML
膮CSS
\81AEMandarin Pinyin input
In a Chinese Pinyin input method, type xiao and select 膮 from the character suggestions.
Cangjie
Enter BGGU in a Cangjie Chinese input method, then select 膮.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
膮
HTML hex
膮
CSS content
content: "\81AE";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E8%86%AE
1
On screen
1
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.