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麺

麺 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 小麦粉、又は小麦粉による粉食。
  2. 小麦粉、又はそば粉、米粉、各種のなどに水と塩などを加えた、生地を細く長くした食材。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

「麵」の異体字。麵#字源の項目を参照。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

noodles, wheat flour

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • メンJHS
  • ベン
Kun (native)
  • むぎこ
Other languages
  • 拼音mian4
  • 한글myeon
  • Hán-ViệtMiến

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
16 strokes
Radical
麥(むぎ)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+9EBA

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰麦面

Words using this kanji

  • 麺めん（メン）小麦粉、又はそば粉、米粉、各種のなどに水と塩などを加えた、生地を細く長くした食材。noodles, flour
  • 麺類めんるい小麦粉や蕎麦粉を水で捏ねて延ばし、細く切ったり、さらに細く延ばしたりした食品。noodles, vermicelli
  • 麺棒めんぼう主に麺類などをつくる際にこねた生地を平たく延ばすために使う細く断面が丸い棒。rolling pin
  • 麺麻めんまbamboo shoots boiled, sliced, fermented, dried or preserved in salt, then soaked in hot water and sea salt
  • 麺子めんすそうめん、そば、うどんといった、いわゆる麺類のこと。noodles
  • 麺麭めんぽうパンの漢字表記。bread
  • 麺屋めんや麺料理を作って客に提供する飲食店、人。noodle shop
  • 麺処めんどころnoodle restaurant, ramen (udon, soba) restaurant
  • 麺鉢めんばちbowl (suitable for noodles)
  • 麺つゆめんつゆmentsuyu, noodle soup base

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
3-7-9
Four Corner
4140.6
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4i17.1
Heisig
2040
Nelson
5389