麺

See also: 麵

麺 U+9EBA, 麺 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9EBA ← 麹 [U+9EB9] CJK Unified Ideographs 麻 → [U+9EBB]

Translingual

Traditional	麵
Shinjitai	麺
Simplified	面

Glyph origin

Variant of 麵, simplified from 麵 (麥 → 麦). The modern Japanese usage is of reform (shinjitai) nature.

Han character

麺 (Kangxi radical 199, 麦+9, 16 strokes, cangjie input 手水一田中 (QEMWL), composition ⿰麦面(GV) or ⿺麦面(J))

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 1514, character 57
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 7, page 4605, character 12
• Unihan data for U+9EBA

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Chinese

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

Usage notes

Mostly seen in cursive scripts.

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Japanese

Shinjitai	麺
Kyūjitai	麵

Kanji

麺

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 麵)

1. flour
2. noodles

Readings

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

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
麺
めん Grade: S
goon

Alternative spellings
麵 (kyūjitai) 麪 (rare)

From Middle Chinese 麵 (MC men^H).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) め​ん [méꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [mẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

麺(めん) • (men)  (kyūjitai 麵)

1. noodles

   Synonym: 麺類 (menrui)

2. (visual kei fandom slang) Short for メンバー (menbā).
   • 2019, “首が痛い”‎^[1], performed by ゴールデンボンバー:

     火(ほ)照(て)りきった体(からだ)に　大(だい)好(す)きな麺(めん)が叫(さけ)ぶ
     「頭(あたま)！」「頭(あたま)！」「頭(あたま)を振(ふ)れよ！」

     Hoterikitta karada ni daisuki na men ga sakebu
     “Atama!” “Atama!” “Atama o fure yo!”

     (please add an English translation of this example)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 麺(めん)類(るい) (menrui): noodles
• 素(そう)麺(めん) (sōmen): somen
• 麺(めん)棒(ぼう) (menbō): rolling pin
• 拉(ラー)麺(メン) (rāmen): ramen
• ビャンビャン麺(めん) (byanbyanmen): biangbiang noodles

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
麺
むぎこ Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
麵 (kyūjitai)

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

【麦粉むぎこ】 [noun] flour made from dry-cultivated grass grain: wheat, barley, rye, oat [noun] (more commonly) wheat flour

(This term, 麺, is an alternative (uncommon) spelling of the above term.)

Usage notes

Uncommon spelling for the flour sense, possibly due to the ambiguity in reading and sense. For the flour sense, the 麦粉 spelling is more common.