麺

See also: 麵

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 Dictionary: 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; wheat noodles; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 麵).

Usage notes

Mostly seen in cursive scripts.

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Japanese

Shinjitai	麺
Kyūjitai	麵

Kanji

麺

(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)

Compounds

Compounds

• 素麺(ソウメン) (sōmen): somen
• 麺棒(メンボウ) (menbō): rolling pin
• 拉麺(ラーメン) (rāmen): ramen
• ビャンビャン麺(メン) (byanbyanmen): biangbiang noodles

Etymology

Kanji in this term
麺
めん Grade: S
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
麵 (kyūjitai)

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Chinese 麵／面 (miàn).

Alternative forms

• 麪

Noun

麺(めん) • (men) 

1. noodles