麵

See also: 面, 麺, 麪, and 麫

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 麥 (“wheat”) + phonetic 面

Han character

麵 (radical 199 麥+9, 20 strokes, cangjie input 十弓一田中 (JNMWL), four-corner 4124₆)

1. wheat flour
2. powder
3. soft and floury

References

• KangXi: page 1514, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47827
• Dae Jaweon: page 2043, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4605, character 12
• Unihan data for U+9EB5

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Cantonese

Hanzi

麵 (simplified 面, Yale min6)

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Japanese

Kanji

麵

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• On: べん (ben), めん (men)
• Kun: むぎこ (mugiko)

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Korean

Hanja

麵 (myeon) (hangeul 면, revised myeon, McCune-Reischauer myŏn, Yale myen)

1. wheat flour
2. noodles

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Mandarin

Hanzi

麵 (simplified 面, Pinyin mā (ma1), miàn (mian4), Wade-Giles ma¹, mien⁴)

Compounds

• 麵筋
• 麵包
• 炒麵

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Min Nan

Hanzi

麵 (POJ biān (bian⁷), mī (mi⁷), TLPA biān (bian⁷), mī (mi⁷))

References

• Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

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Vietnamese

Han character

麵 (miến, diện, mì)