U+998A "馊" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+998A "馊" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "sour" or "rancid," often used to describe food that has gone bad or spoiled. It is composed of the radical for "food" or "eat" on the left side, indicating its association with edibles, and a phonetic component on the right that suggests its pronunciation in Mandarin as "sōu." In modern usage, the character can also appear in colloquial expressions to convey something unpleasant or stale, both literally and figuratively.