U+9981 "馁" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+9981 "馁" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character primarily used in traditional and simplified Chinese writing, where it carries the meanings of "hungry," "disheartened," or "lacking in spirit." Composed of the radical for food (飠) and a phonetic component, it appears in classical and modern texts to describe physical hunger or a state of discouragement and loss of courage. This character is encoded in the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) unified ideographs block, ensuring its consistent representation across digital systems that support East Asian typography.