U+781A "砚" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+781A "砚" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (hanzi) that primarily refers to an inkstone, a traditional stone slab used in East Asian calligraphy for grinding ink sticks against water to produce liquid ink. Composed of the radical "石" meaning stone and a phonetic component, this character embodies the cultural and historical significance of the inkstone as one of the Four Treasures of the Study, alongside the brush, ink, and paper. In modern usage, "砚" also appears in compound words like "砚台" (yàntái) for inkstone and is occasionally used in personal names or literary contexts to evoke scholarly or artistic refinement.