U+998E "馎" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+998E "馎" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese logogram used primarily in traditional and classical texts, belonging to the radical for food or eat (飠). Its pronunciation in Mandarin is bó, and it is most commonly found in the compound word 馎饦 (bótuō), which refers to a type of ancient Chinese pasta or noodle-like food, often described as a thick, pulled or boiled dough snack similar to a noodle or dumpling. The character is rarely used in modern everyday Chinese, appearing instead in historical culinary references or literary works that discuss early Chinese cuisine. Its structure combines the food radical on the left with a phonetic component on the right, illustrating the logographic nature of the script where meaning and sound are integrated.