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麪

🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

flour

HSK 10

Objects →Food

メン、ベン

むぎこ

면

Phonosemantic compound. 麥 represents the meaning and 丏 represents the sound.

Components

麥 wheat+ 丏 parapet =

麪 flour

麥

麥 Meaning component

wheat

丏

丏 Phonetic component

miǎn parapet

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Notes

Similar Characters

嗇 thrifty (trad)嘜 mark (iii) (trad)麩 bran (trad)麯 yeast (trad)麴 leaven (trad)麵 noodles (trad)沔 overflowing 眄 to look askance

Historical Evolution

Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

麪

Regular

Modern

Japanese

麺、麵 (old) 、麪 (rare) めん同音

noun

noodles
archaic flour

Example Sentences

🇯🇵 (1)

麺はふつう小麦粉から作られる。

Noodles are usually made from wheat.

JAPANESE WORDS (4)

⭐ 麺 [めん] #15,174

麺類 [めんるい] #59,376

麺麭 [めんぽう] #71,674

麺棒 [めんぼう] #88,337