👥 🎓 📚 📦

麯

🇹🇼🇭🇰🇯🇵🇰🇷

曲

🇨🇳

yeast

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qū

キク

こうじ

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

Components

麥 wheat+ 曲 bent =

麯 yeast

麥 Meaning component

wheat

曲 Phonetic component

qū bent

yeast

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Notes

Similar Characters

嗇 thrifty (trad)嘜 mark (iii) (trad)麩 bran (trad)麪 flour (trad)麴 leaven (trad)麵 noodles (trad)蛐 cricket

Chinese

曲 / 麯 [qū]

variant of 麴|曲[qū]

Example Sentences