餗

Cooked rice; specifically, rice as a collective mass or still contained within its cooking vessel.

Concrete noun. Not used verbally.

Unlike 飯 (fàn), which can refer generally to a meal or cooked rice in the abstract, 餗 emphasizes the physical, steaming mass of grain and the result of the cooking process. It is closely associated with the vessel 甑 (zèng, an earthenware steamer); where 甑 is the tool, 餗 is the food produced by and contained within it. When paired with 羹 (gēng, thick soup/stew), it typically indicates a complete meal consisting of a steamed grain dish and a wet dish.

Simplified variant: U+2B5E7.

Depending on the register of the passage, translate as "steamed rice" (casual/general) or "a pot of steamed rice" (ritual/descriptive). Ensure a clear distinction between raw grain and cooked food is maintained.