Translingual

Alternative forms

• 麯

Han character

麹 (radical 199 麦+8, 15 strokes, cangjie input 手水心火木 (QEPFD), composition ⿰麦匊)

1. yeast, leaven
2. used as a surname

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 1514, character 57
• Hanyu Da Zidian: not present, would follow volume 7, page 4605, character 5
• Unihan data for U+9EB9

Chinese

Japanese

Kanji

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

1. malt

Readings

• Goon: きく (kiku)
• Kan’on: きく (kiku)
• Kun: こうじ (kouji)

Compounds

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) こうじ [kòójí] (Heiban - [0])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːd͡ʑi]

Alternative forms

• 糀

Noun

麹 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 麴, hiragana こうじ, romaji kōji, historical hiragana かうじ)

1. mould grown on rice, barley, beans, etc. as a starter to make sake, miso, soy sauce, etc. (mold); malted rice; malt

Derived terms

References

1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Korean

Hanja

麹 • ‎(guk) (hangeul 국, revised guk, McCune-Reischauer ****, Yale kwuk)

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