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Translingual
Glyph origin
Variant of 麵, simplified from 麵 (麥 → 麦). The modern Japanese usage is of reform (shinjitai) nature.
Han character
麺 (Kangxi radical 199, 麦+9, 16 strokes, cangjie input 手水一田中 (QEMWL), composition ⿰麦面(GV) or ⿺麦面(J))
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1514, character 57
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): 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; wheat noodles; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 麵). |
Usage notes
Mostly seen in cursive scripts.
Japanese
Kanji
麺
(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 麵)
- flour
- noodles
Readings
Usage notes
This character was added to the Jōyō kanji list in 2010 and adopted this simplified form. Before 2010 the unsimplified form 麵 was the 印刷標準字体 (insatsu hyōjun jitai), and the simplified form 麺 was a 簡易慣用字体 (kan'i kan'yō jitai).
Compounds
Etymology 1
Alternative spellings
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麵 (kyūjitai) 麪 (rare)
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From Middle Chinese 麵 (MC menH).
Pronunciation
Noun
麺 • (men)
- noodles
- Synonym: 麺類 (menrui)
- (visual kei fandom slang) Short for メンバー (menbā).
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Alternative spelling
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麵 (kyūjitai)
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For pronunciation and definitions of 麺 – see the following entry.
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(This term, 麺, is an alternative spelling (uncommon) of the above term.)
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Usage notes
Uncommon spelling for the flour sense, possibly due to the ambiguity in reading and sense. For the flour sense, the 麦粉 spelling is more common.
References