U+80E8 "胨" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+80E8 "胨" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (Hanzi) that is part of the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) unified ideographs block in the Unicode standard. This character is composed of the radical for flesh or body, typically on the left, combined with the phonetic component that suggests its pronunciation or derived meaning. In modern Chinese usage, "胨" can function as a noun referring to a type of jelly or aspic in culinary contexts, particularly in gelatine-based dishes or thickened soups, though it is less common in everyday writing and more specialized in its application.