Hanja Analyzer
麪

麪 — myeon

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
국수 면
Romanization
myeon
English
flour, noodles, dough
Mandarin
miàn
Japanese on'yomi
ベン, メン
Japanese kun'yomi
むぎこ
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
15
Variant forms
麵 麺
Radical
麥 (199, 4 residual)
Phonetic component
丏(면)
Unicode
U+9EAA

Parts that make up 麪

  • 麥 보리 맥 이삭과 뿌리를 갖춘 보리보리. ‘맥’ 계열의 소리
  • 正 바를 정 성을 향해 곧게 가는 발바르고 곧은 것. ‘정’ 계열의 소리

How 麪 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 麪 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 麥, 丏.

Characters sharing the phonetic 丏

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “면” in Korean.

沔 眄

Other hanja read “면”

丏 俛 偭 免 冕 勉 棉 沔 湎 眄 眠 糆 綿 緜 緬 面 麵 麺

Other hanja with radical 麥

麥 麦 麩 麯 麰 麴 麵 麹 麺

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