# 馊 U+998A CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-998A

A Chinese character meaning “spoiled, rotten, stale, rancid”, read sōu in Mandarin.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `馊` |
| Codepoint | U+998A |
| Name | CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-998A |
| Block | [CJK Unified Ideographs](https://unicodekit.com/block/cjk-unified-ideographs) |
| Script | Han |
| Category | Other Letter (Lo) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `馊` `馊` |
| CSS | `\998A` |
| JavaScript | `\u998A` |
| UTF-8 | E9 A6 8A |
| UTF-16 | 998A |
| Definition | spoiled, rotten, stale, rancid |
| Mandarin | sōu |
| Cantonese | sau1 |

## Related characters

- 馉 [U+9989 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9989](https://unicodekit.com/char/9989)
- 馋 [U+998B CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-998B](https://unicodekit.com/char/998B)
- 馈 [U+9988 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9988](https://unicodekit.com/char/9988)
- 馌 [U+998C CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-998C](https://unicodekit.com/char/998C)
- 馇 [U+9987 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9987](https://unicodekit.com/char/9987)
- 馍 [U+998D CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-998D](https://unicodekit.com/char/998D)
- 馆 [U+9986 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9986](https://unicodekit.com/char/9986)
- 馎 [U+998E CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-998E](https://unicodekit.com/char/998E)
- 馅 [U+9985 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9985](https://unicodekit.com/char/9985)
- 馏 [U+998F CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-998F](https://unicodekit.com/char/998F)
- 馄 [U+9984 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9984](https://unicodekit.com/char/9984)
- 馐 [U+9990 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9990](https://unicodekit.com/char/9990)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/998A · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/998A