U+8196 "膖" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+8196 "膖" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare and complex Chinese character classified under the radical 月 (meat or flesh) with the remaining component suggesting a phonetic or semantic link to swelling or expansion. Historically, this character appears in classical Chinese texts, where it refers to the state of being swollen or bloated, often in the context of physical symptoms such as edema or inflammation. It is not a commonly used character in modern standard Chinese, but it is still recognized in specialist dictionaries and can be found in historical medical literature or obscure literary works. Its structural composition, combining the flesh radical with a phonetic element, exemplifies the typical formation pattern of many CJK ideographs that convey both meaning and sound.