麵 — readings, stroke count and radical

menu_bookMeaning (Japanese)

1. 小麦粉、或いは小麦粉による粉食。
2. 小麦粉、そば粉、米粉など、各種のデンプンなどに水と塩などを加えて、生地を細く長くした食材。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

brushOrigin of the character

形声。「麥」+音符「面」。「麪」の音符を変更した異体字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

menu_bookMeaning

flour, dough, noodles

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

menu_bookReadings

On (Sino-Japanese)

• メン
• ベン

Kun (native)

• むぎこ

Other languages

• 拼音mian4
• 한글myeon
• Hán-ViệtDiện
• Hán-ViệtMiên
• Hán-ViệtMiến
• Hán-ViệtMì
• Hán-ViệtMỳ

infoBasics

Strokes

20 strokes

Radical

麥(むぎ)

JIS level

Level 3

Unicode

U+9EB5

grid_viewComponents

• 人ひと
• 十じゅう
• 夂ふゆがしら
• 木き
• 面めん

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰麥面

compare_arrowsSimilar-looking kanji

• 麳One part differs
• 麴One part differs

Selected automatically by comparing composition (IDS). “Same composition” means the parts and their arrangement match.

Compare characters

compare_arrowsVariants

• 麺Standard form

infoLookup codes

SKIP

1-11-9