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 (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: not present, would follow volume 7, page 4605, character 12
  • Unihan data for U+9EBA

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

Usage notes

Mostly seen in cursive scripts.

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)

Compounds
Compounds

Etymology
Kanji in this term
麺
めん
Grade: S
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 麵.

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

Noun

麺 (hiragana めん, rōmaji men)

  1. noodles

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
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