What 醲 means
At its core, 醲 describes wine with a rich, full-bodied taste. An early surviving literary use appears in the Western Han (206 BCE–9 CE) Huainanzi: 肥醲甘脆 describes rich food in a passage about rulers’ concern for hungry people. This attests to use by that period; it does not date the character’s creation.
說文解字, an early Chinese dictionary, defines 醲 as 厚酒 (“thick wine”). Its analysis treats 酉 as the wine-related component and 農 as the sound-bearing one. Dictionaries also record 醲 for senses overlapping with 濃/浓 (“thick, dense”) and, separately, an old fat-or-pus sense linked to 膿/脓.
Why does 醲 look different in fonts?
Its shape can vary with the font and device. As of 2026-09-12, a Japanese kanji reference page flags 醲 as environment-dependent, so computers, phones, and browsers may show different shapes. A box means the current font lacks this character; a font with CJK coverage can display it.
How do I type 醲?
Enter nóng in a Chinese Pinyin input method and select 醲. Other nóng candidates can include 濃/浓 and 膿/脓, so check the chosen character. If your input method supports Cangjie, MWTWV is another route.
Literary and uncommon: using 醲 in everyday messages reads as a deliberate classical choice.
Do not replace it automatically with 濃/浓: 醲 centers on rich wine, while “thick” is an extension.
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Questions people ask
1Why does 醲 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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醲\91B2Codes and encoding1 code points
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