麸

See also: 麩

麸 U+9EB8, 麸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9EB8 ← 麷 [U+9EB7] CJK Unified Ideographs 麹 → [U+9EB9]

Translingual

Han character

麸 (Kangxi radical 199, 麦+4, 11 strokes, cangjie input 手水手人 (QEQO), composition ⿰麦夫 or ⿺麦夫(J))

1. bran

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1514, character 57
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4601, character 1
• Unihan data for U+9EB8

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 麸 – see 麩 (“bran; panned gold; gold dust”). (This character is the simplified form of 麩).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	麸
Kyūjitai	麩

Glyph origin

An extended shinjitai (拡張新字体) added to the JIS X 0208 specification in 1990, located after 麩.

Kanji

麸

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 麩)

1. Extended shinjitai form of 麩

Readings

• Go-on: ふ (fu)
• Kan-on: ふ (fu)
• Kun: ふすま (fusuma, 麸)

Definitions

Kanji in this term
麸
ふ Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Kanji in this term
麸
ふすま Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

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

【麩ふ】H [noun] wheat bran [noun] wheat gluten [noun] foods made from wheat gluten, somewhat similar to bread 【麩ふすま】H [noun] wheat bran

(This term, 麸, is an alternative spelling (shinjitai) of the above term.)