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醙

cjk unified ideograph-9199

Chinese character 醙

醙 is a historical Chinese wine term, glossed as white wine and later also as wine brewed a second time. In Mandarin Pinyin it is sōu, spoken with a high, level first tone; it belongs in historical or dictionary contexts, not casual chat.

Text symbol
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sōu · sou · white wine · second-brewed wine · 䤇
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What 醙 means

A historical wine term: white wine, later also a second brew.

In the classical ritual guide Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial (《儀禮》), 醙 is one of three named wines, paired with 黍 and 清. Its commentary calls it the esteemed white wine and places it first in the ritual service.

A 2024 character-variant dictionary traces the wine senses to later dictionaries, not Shuowen Jiezi (《說文》), an early Chinese dictionary. As of 2026, no oracle-bone or bronze ancestor is established for this character.

A historical wine term, suited to classical or dictionary contexts.

For modern Chinese, explain its historical meaning instead of using 醙 casually.

Questions people ask

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Why does 醙 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 醙

Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 9199, then Alt+X to get 醙.
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-9199”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 9199, then Enter or Space.
HTML
醙
CSS
\9199
Mandarin Pinyin
To type 醙, enter sou in a Mandarin Pinyin input method, then select 醙 if it appears in the suggestions.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
醙
HTML hex
醙
CSS content
content: "\9199";
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URL encoded
%E9%86%99
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On screen
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JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes

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