U+7893 "碓" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+7893 "碓" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily refers to a traditional stone or wooden mortar used for pounding or husking grains, such as rice, often operated manually by a foot-powered or water-driven mechanism known as a tilt hammer. In historical and agricultural contexts, this implement was essential for processing staple foods in East Asia, and the character itself combines the radical for "stone" (石) with a phonetic component, reflecting both its material and function. While still recognized in classical literature and some modern dialects, "碓" is less common in everyday modern Chinese, where mechanical processing has largely replaced such tools.