饂

a type of noodle soup specific to Japanese cuisine

A Japanese-created character, analyzed structurally as a compound ideograph:

食 (식) — indicates food / eating

𥁕 (온) — contributes the idea of a warm vessel or filled container

Together, the graph conveys a warm bowl of food, matching the cultural concept of 우동.

The reading “온” found in some dictionaries is not historically grounded; it is an artificially assigned Sino-style reading based on structural analysis rather than actual usage.

In Korean and Chinese, 饂 does not function as a productive character.

Used almost exclusively in Japanese contexts to denote 우동.

Rare outside dictionaries, character studies, or specialized typography.

Not a Chinese-origin character. Classified as 和製漢字 (Japanese-made kanji).

Related food characters:

麵 — noodles

食 — food; meal

飯 — cooked rice; meal

湯 — soup

Among these, 饂 is exceptional as a culture-specific, single-dish character, created to label one iconic food.