麪

See also: 麵, 麫, and 面

麪 U+9EAA, 麪 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9EAA ← 麩 [U+9EA9] CJK Unified Ideographs 麫 → [U+9EAB]

Translingual

Han character

麪 (Kangxi radical 199, 麥+4, 15 strokes, cangjie input 十水一中尸 (JEMLS), composition ⿰麥丏)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1512, character 30
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47742
• Dae Jaweon: page 2041, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4601, character 4
• Unihan data for U+9EAA

Chinese

trad.		麪/麵
simp.		面*
nonstandard simp.		𮮄

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (丏) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
汅	*menʔ
沔	*menʔ
丏	*meːnʔ
眄	*meːnʔ, *meːns
麪	*meːns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *meːns) : semantic 麥 (“wheat”) + phonetic 丏 (OC *meːnʔ).

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 麪 – see 麵 (“flour; wheat noodles; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 麵).

Usage notes

Region	麵	麪
Taiwan	standard	variant
Hong Kong	variant	standard

Japanese

Kanji

麪

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. noodles

Readings

• Go-on: めん (men)
• Kan-on: べん (ben)
• Kun: むぎこ (mugiko)

Compounds

Compounds

• 麪棒(めんぼう) (menbō): rolling pin

Definitions

Etymology

Kanji in this term
麪
めん Hyōgai
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 麪／面 (miàn).

For pronunciation and definitions of 麪 – see the following entry.

【麺めん】S [noun] noodles [noun] (visual kei fandom slang) Short for メンバー (menbā).

(This term, 麪, is an alternative spelling (rare) of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

麪 (eum 면 (myeon))

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Vietnamese

Han character

麪: Hán Nôm readings: miến, diện, mì

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