U+7A49 "穉" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
U+7A49 "穉" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character primarily used in traditional and classical texts, where it functions as a variant of the more common character "稚" (zhì), meaning "young," "immature," or "childish." It is composed of the radical for grain or rice (禾) on the left, which often relates to plants or crops, and the phonetic component "遲" (chí, meaning "slow" or "late") on the right, though its usage frequently appears in compound words describing youth or inexperience, such as in literary references to "穉子" (young child). This character is less common in modern simplified Chinese but may still be encountered in historical documents, classical poetry, or traditional calligraphy, where it carries the same semantic weight as its more standard counterpart.