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麹 = 麦 + 勹 + 米
麹 is a Japanese kanji written with 15 strokes, listed here under the keyword “malt”. It is built from 麦 (barley), 勹 (bound up) and 米 (rice). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2778.
- Keyword
- malt
- RTK frame
- 2778
- Strokes
- 15
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- キク
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- こうじ
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- солод
- Same glyph as a simplified Chinese hanzi
- 麹 yeast
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 麹 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “barley” + “bound up” + “rice”. 麹 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 麹 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.