<p>A few notes:</p>

<ul>
<li>The left hand side of that character is「火」, not「氵」(unlike in「溏」)</li>
<li>「庚」is not a variant component of「唐」.「唐」(<em>boastful, exaggerative</em>; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconstructions_of_Old_Chinese#Baxter%E2%80%93Sagart_(2014)" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Baxter-Sagart</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Chinese" rel="nofollow noreferrer">OC</a>: <strong>/*[N-]rˁaŋ/</strong>) is constructed from semantic「口」(<em>mouth</em>) and phonetic「庚」(<strong>/*kˤraŋ/</strong>).</li>
</ul>

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<p>「焿」(<em>thick broth, soup</em>; Pinyin: <strong>gēng</strong>) is constructed from semantic「火」(<em>fire</em>) and phonetic「庚」(<strong>gēng</strong>), and as mentioned elsewhere, is a variant of「羹」. The whole sign says:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>早餐 (<em>BREAKFAST</em>)</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>飯 (<em>Rice dishes</em>)</li>
  <li>麵 (<em>Noodle dishes</em>)</li>
  <li>焿 (<em>Soup dishes</em>)</li>
  </ul>
</blockquote>

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dROOOze
<blockquote>
  <p>I couldn't find [it] in Pleco.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Here's a simple way to find it in <a href="https://store.pleco.com/products.php?ios=1" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Pleco</a>. You need to have the:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Fullscreen Handwriting Recognizer ($9.99)</p>
</blockquote>

<p>add-on activated in Pleco.</p>

<p>Then all you have to do is <em>write</em> the character out to the best of your ability:</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/EtFbI.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/EtFbI.png" alt="yoyoyo"></a></p>

<p>and Bob's your uncle.</p>

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Wow, that handwriting recognition is a *paid* feature? I thought I got it for free.
dROOOze
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@droooze It's included in a lot of bundles & maybe it's free on Andorid, if I remember correctly(?).
Mou某
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I was trying to use the handwriting recognizer that comes with Android Pleco. I usually find it's pretty good at foreigners silly attempts with wrong number and order of strokes, but I can see now that I was drawing an extra stroke and maybe didn't interpret which strokes join up. In this case I couldn't get it to recognize my attempts. I'll try now that I know how it should be handwritten... No I still can't get it. Maybe this one is less forgiving about wrong stroke orders? No, even mimicking an animated stroker order site I can't get it.
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@hippietrail if you're curious as to why the recognition doesn't show up, maybe you can post one of your attempts at handwriting it?
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@hippietrail emulating the stroke order should definitely bring it up, 焿 is not even a "rare" character, so to speak. Maybe you can try what droooze said and show us how you're doing it then we can see what's going on.
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Mou某
<p>焿 is a character on its own.</p>

<p>ZDic：<a href="http://www.zdic.net/z/1d/js/713F.htm" rel="noreferrer">http://www.zdic.net/z/1d/js/713F.htm</a></p>

<blockquote>
  <p>gēng
  〔～子寮湾〕地名。在中国台湾省东北海岸。</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Wiktionary: <a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/zh-hans/%E7%84%BF" rel="noreferrer">https://zh.wiktionary.org/zh-hans/%E7%84%BF</a></p>

<blockquote>
  <p>“焿”是“羹”的异体字，为台湾本地自创的形声俗字。</p>
</blockquote>

<p>羹 means '(thick) soup, broth'.</p>

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NS.X.
<p>On a sign outside a breakfast eatery in Taoyuan, Taiwan I saw a character I didn't know, that Google Translate with the phone camera didn't translate, and that I couldn't find in Pleco.</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/uXX9f.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/uXX9f.jpg" alt="mystery character"></a></p>

<p>It looks like 溏 but without the "mouth" component in the lower right. It looks like it has a "person" component there instead, but maybe that is part of the strokes above it, I'm pretty rusty.</p>

<p>Is this a common variant of 溏? Semantically I thought it more likely to be a variant of "sugar" 糖, but that has more differences.</p>

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Is there a variant of 溏 without the 口 component that's used in Taiwan?
# Is there a variant of 溏 without the 口 component that's used in Taiwan?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-01-20)

On a sign outside a breakfast eatery in Taoyuan, Taiwan I saw a character I didn't know, that Google Translate with the phone camera didn't translate, and that I couldn't find in Pleco.

[![mystery character](https://i.sstatic.net/uXX9f.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/uXX9f.jpg)

It looks like 溏 but without the "mouth" component in the lower right. It looks like it has a "person" component there instead, but maybe that is part of the strokes above it, I'm pretty rusty.

Is this a common variant of 溏? Semantically I thought it more likely to be a variant of "sugar" 糖, but that has more differences.

**Tags:** taiwan, character-variant

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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2019-01-20. Score: 6 | Accepted answer

焿 is a character on its own.

ZDic：<http://www.zdic.net/z/1d/js/713F.htm>

> gēng
> 〔～子寮湾〕地名。在中国台湾省东北海岸。

Wiktionary: <https://zh.wiktionary.org/zh-hans/%E7%84%BF>

> “焿”是“羹”的异体字，为台湾本地自创的形声俗字。

羹 means '(thick) soup, broth'.


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### Answer by username_1 on 2019-01-20. Score: 2

A few notes:

* The left hand side of that character is「火」, not「氵」(unlike in「溏」)
* 「庚」is not a variant component of「唐」.「唐」(*boastful, exaggerative*; [Baxter-Sagart](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconstructions_of_Old_Chinese#Baxter%E2%80%93Sagart_(2014)) [OC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Chinese): **/\*[N-]rˁaŋ/**) is constructed from semantic「口」(*mouth*) and phonetic「庚」(**/\*kˤraŋ/**).

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「焿」(*thick broth, soup*; Pinyin: **gēng**) is constructed from semantic「火」(*fire*) and phonetic「庚」(**gēng**), and as mentioned elsewhere, is a variant of「羹」. The whole sign says:

> 早餐 (*BREAKFAST*)
>
> * 飯 (*Rice dishes*)
> * 麵 (*Noodle dishes*)
> * 焿 (*Soup dishes*)


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### Answer by username_2 on 2019-01-20. Score: 2

> I couldn't find [it] in Pleco.

Here's a simple way to find it in [Pleco](https://store.pleco.com/products.php?ios=1). You need to have the:

> Fullscreen Handwriting Recognizer ($9.99)

add-on activated in Pleco.

Then all you have to do is *write* the character out to the best of your ability:

[![yoyoyo](https://i.sstatic.net/EtFbI.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/EtFbI.png)

and Bob's your uncle.

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Wow, that handwriting recognition is a *paid* feature? I thought I got it for free.  
> **username_2**: @droooze It's included in a lot of bundles & maybe it's free on Andorid, if I remember correctly(?).  
> **username_0**: I was trying to use the handwriting recognizer that comes with Android Pleco. I usually find it's pretty good at foreigners silly attempts with wrong number and order of strokes, but I can see now that I was drawing an extra stroke and maybe didn't interpret which strokes join up. In this case I couldn't get it to recognize my attempts. I'll try now that I know how it should be handwritten... No I still can't get it. Maybe this one is less forgiving about wrong stroke orders? No, even mimicking an animated stroker order site I can't get it.  
> **username_1**: @hippietrail if you're curious as to why the recognition doesn't show up, maybe you can post one of your attempts at handwriting it?  
> **username_2**: @hippietrail emulating the stroke order should definitely bring it up, 焿 is not even a "rare" character, so to speak. Maybe you can try what droooze said and show us how you're doing it then we can see what's going on.  

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