Translingual

Han character

麺 (radical 199 麦+9, 16 strokes, cangjie input 手水一田中 (QEMWL), composition ⿰麦面)

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

Japanese

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 麵)

1. flour
2. noodles

Readings

• Goon: めん (men)
• Kan’on: べん (ben)
• Kun: むぎこ (mugiko)

Compounds

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 麵.

Pronunciation

• On'yomi: Goon
• (Tokyo) め​ん [méꜜǹ] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [mẽ̞ɴ]

Alternative forms

• 麪

Noun

麺 ‎(hiragana めん, romaji men)

1. noodles

References

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