What 醪 means
The 《說文解字》, an early Chinese dictionary, defines 醪 as wine with juice and sediment. It analyzes 酉 as the wine component and 翏 as the sound component, distinguishing 醴, a wine made in one night, from 糟, the lees. Clerical-script examples show 醪 by the early imperial period; texts and archaeology place fermented grain drinks in everyday, elite, ritual, and medical settings.
In modern Chinese, 醪糟 names sweet fermented rice; in Japanese, 醪 (もろみ) is unpressed sake or soy-sauce mash. As of 2026, regional CJK fonts may draw its strokes differently.
Bookish alone in contemporary Chinese; 醪糟 is clearer for the familiar sweet fermented rice.
Who writes 醪
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Questions people ask
1Why does 醪 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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- lao · 醪糟 · unfiltered wine
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