Hanja Analyzer
麹

麹 — guk

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

This is not the standard Korean glyph form. The Korean form is 麴.

Korean reading
누룩 국
Romanization
guk
English
yeast, leaven; surname
Mandarin
qū
Japanese on'yomi
キク, コク
Japanese kun'yomi
こうじ
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Newspaper frequency
#1,988 of 2,500
Strokes
15
Variant forms
麴
Radical
麥 (199, 8 residual)
Unicode
U+9EB9

Parts that make up 麹

  • 麦 보리 맥Japanese form of 麥 이삭과 뿌리를 갖춘 보리보리. ‘맥’ 계열의 소리
  • 匊 움큼 국 두 손으로 쌀을 움킨 모양‘국’ 계열의 소리

Japanese words with 麹

  • 麹こうじ kōji; malted rice; malt
  • 麹菌こうじきん koji mold (Aspergillus oryzae)
  • 米麹こめこうじ kōji; malted rice
  • 塩麹しおこうじ salted kōji (traditional condiment)
  • 麦麹むぎこうじ barley kōji
  • 麹塵きくじん yellow-green tinged with grey; emperor's informal robes
  • 紅麹べにこうじ Monascus purpureus (species of mold); ang-khak
  • 麹室こうじむろ room for producing kōji
  • 種麹たねこうじ fermentation starter; yeast starter; seed malt
  • 製麹せいきく koji production
  • 麹屋こうじや maltster
  • 麹カビコウジカビ koji mold (Aspergillus oryzae)

Other hanja read “국”

侷 匊 囗 囶 国 圀 國 局 掬 菊 跼 鞠 鞫 麯 麴

Other hanja with radical 麥

麥 麦 麩 麪 麯 麰 麴 麵 麺

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