What 醩 means
It names the lees left behind when wine is brewed or filtered.
An Eastern Han Chinese character dictionary, 說文解字, defines 糟 as 酒滓 (“wine sediment”). The same word also has pickling senses and figurative meanings like “spoiled.”
Don't confuse it with
1Questions people ask
1Why does 醩 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 醩
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 91A9, then Alt+X to get 醩.
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-91a9”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 91a9, then Enter or Space.
HTML
醩CSS
\91A9Chinese Pinyin input
In a Chinese Pinyin input method, which enters Chinese through Latin-letter syllables, type zao and check the candidates for 醩. If it shows as a box, the current font lacks the glyph.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
醩
HTML hex
醩
CSS content
content: "\91A9";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E9%86%A9
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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.