麳

麳 U+9EB3, 麳 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9EB3 ← 麲 [U+9EB2] CJK Unified Ideographs 麴 → [U+9EB4]

Translingual

Han character

麳 (Kangxi radical 199, 麥+8, 19 strokes, cangjie input 十水木人人 (JEDOO), composition ⿰麥來)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1513, character 43
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47808
• Dae Jaweon: page 2042, character 43
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4604, character 12
• Unihan data for U+9EB3

Chinese

trad.		麳
simp.		𪎌

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
來	*m·rɯːɡ
萊	*rɯː, *rɯːs
淶	*rɯː
徠	*rɯː, *rɯːs
崍	*rɯː
郲	*rɯː, *ruːlʔ, *ruːlʔ
騋	*rɯː
猍	*rɯː
鯠	*rɯː
鶆	*rɯː
庲	*rɯː
棶	*rɯː
斄	*rɯː, *rɯ
逨	*rɯː, *rɯːs
麳	*rɯː
唻	*rɯːʔ, *rrɯː
賚	*rɯːs
睞	*rɯːs
勑	*rɯːs
誺	*rɯːs, *r̥ʰɯ, *r̥ʰɯs, *r̥ʰɯs
倈	*rɯ
憖	*ŋrɯns
猌	*ŋrɯns
麥	*mrɯːɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lái (lai²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄞˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lái
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lái
    • Wade–Giles: lai²
    • Yale: lái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lai
    • Palladius: лай (laj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laɪ̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: loj

Rime
Character	麳
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	洛哀切
Baxter	loj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lʌi/
Pan Wuyun	/ləi/
Shao Rongfen	/lɒi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ləj/
Li Rong	/lᴀi/
Wang Li	/lɒi/
Bernard Karlgren	/lɑ̆i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lái
Expected Cantonese Reflex	loi4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*rɯː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	麳
Reading #	1/1
No.	7612
Phonetic component	來
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*rɯː/
Notes	來分化字，說文從禾

Definitions

麳

1. Alternative form of 䅘／𥟂 (lái)

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), C09112-001

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	𪎌
Kyūjitai	麳

Kanji

麳

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 𪎌)

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Readings

• Go-on: りき (riki)、り (ri)
• Kan-on: らい (rai)、りょく (ryoku)
• Kun: こむぎ (komugi, 麳)、むぎ (mugi, 麳)