Kanji Database
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麴

麴 — readings, stroke count and radical

Meaning

yeast, leaven, surname

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. こうじ。
  2. 酒。
  3. 湿気を防ぐ薬種。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声（OC/*kuk/）。「麦（麥）」+声符「鞠/*kuk/」の略体。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • キク
Kun (native)
  • こうじ
Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese readings
  • 拼音qu2
  • 拼音qu1
  • 한글gug
  • Hán-ViệtCúc
  • Hán-ViệtKhúc

Basics

Strokes
19 strokes
Radical
麥(むぎ)
JIS level
Level 3
Unicode
U+9EB4

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰麥匊

Words using 麹

Words using this character are recorded under its variant form 麹.

  • 麹こうじkōji, malted rice, maltこうじ。
  • 麹菌こうじきんkoji mold (Aspergillus oryzae)
  • 麹塵きくじんyellow-green tinged with grey, emperor's informal robes
  • 麹室こうじむろroom for producing kōji
  • 麹屋こうじやmaltster
  • 麹カビコウジカビkoji mold (Aspergillus oryzae)
  • 麹漬けこうじづけfish, meat, vegetables, etc. pickled in kōji and salt, food pickled in malted rice
  • 麹塵の袍きくじんのほうemperor's informal robes

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