U+81DC "臜" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+81DC "臜" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character used in written Chinese, primarily in traditional and simplified forms, that conveys the meaning of "unclean" or "filthy" and is often associated with dirtiness or defilement in a physical or metaphorical sense. This character, pronounced "zā" in Mandarin, is a component of compound words like "腌臜" (ā zā), which means "dirty" or "disgusting," and it belongs to the radical "肉" (meat or flesh) reflecting its connection to bodily impurity. Historically, it has been utilized in classical literature and modern contexts to describe moral corruption or physical grime, though it is less common in everyday speech compared to more frequently used synonyms.