麹 — readings, stroke count and radical

brushStroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

menu_bookMeaning (Japanese)

1. こうじ。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

brushOrigin of the character

麴#字源を参照。「麴」の「麥」を常用漢字の字体「麦」とする簡易慣用字体。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

menu_bookMeaning

malt, yeast

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

menu_bookReadings

On (Sino-Japanese)

• キク

Kun (native)

• こうじ

Other languages

• 拼音qu1
• 한글gug
• Hán-ViệtKhúc

infoBasics

Strokes

15 strokes

Radical

麥(むぎ)

JIS level

Level 1

Unicode

U+9EB9

grid_viewComponents

• 二に
• 亠なべぶた
• 勹つつみがまえ
• 土つち
• 夂ふゆがしら
• 米こめ
• 麦

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰麦匊

menu_bookWords using this kanji

• 麹こうじkōji, malted rice, malt
• 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

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(18 results)

compare_arrowsSimilar-looking kanji

• 麺One part differs
• 粷One part differs
• 諊One part differs
• 鞠One part differs

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

compare_arrowsVariants

• 麴Standard form

infoLookup codes

SKIP

3-7-8

Four Corner

4740.2

Spahn–Hadamitzky

6b13.1

Heisig

2778

Nelson

5388