U+80BD "肽" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+80BD "肽" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (hanzi) that represents the concept of a peptide, a short chain of amino acids linked by peptide bonds, which are fundamental building blocks of proteins in biochemistry. In modern Chinese and Japanese, this character is commonly used in scientific and medical contexts, particularly in the fields of chemistry, biology, and nutrition, to describe compounds like peptides and peptones. Its radical is 肉 (meat or flesh), reflected in the left component 月, indicating a connection to bodily substances, and its phonetic component 太 contributes to its pronunciation, which is "tài" in Mandarin and "tai" in Japanese. The character was officially adopted into the Unicode Standard as part of the CJK Unified Ideographs block, enabling its digital representation and cross-platform use in texts discussing molecular biology and health sciences.