Nihoner
漢字 Kanji list Games
Log in Play Kanji Duel

Yeast

On’yomiきく
Kun’yomiこうじ
MeaningsYeast, Leaven
17 strokes Radical wheat
書き順 · Stroke order

How to write 麯

Stroke order is not decoration — it determines how the character looks handwritten and how dictionaries index it.

17 strokes

No stroke-order animation exists for this character — KanjiVG covers 6,702 kanji, and the rarer forms are not among them.

部首 · Radical

The radical of 麯

Radical 199 of 214
Wheat

The radical is the part a paper dictionary files a kanji under, and it usually hints at meaning. 麯 is filed under (wheat) — radical number 199 of the 214 in the Kangxi system.

Other kanji built on 麥

練習 · Practice

Drill 麯 right now

Three quick games built from this character's real data. Your streak is kept in this browser.

0Streak
0Best
0Correct
Tap to reveal
Yeast きく こうじ
What does it mean?
Which kanji is it?

Think you know which kanji is more common?

Kanji Duel pits 麯 and 3,000 others head to head. One life. How long can you last?

Enter the Duel →
質問 · Questions

About the kanji 麯

What does the kanji 麯 mean?

麯 means Yeast, Leaven.

How do you read the kanji 麯?

麯 is read on'yomi (Chinese-derived) きく; kun'yomi (native Japanese) こうじ.

How many strokes does 麯 have?

麯 is written with 17 strokes. The animated diagram on this page shows the correct order.

What is the radical of 麯?

The radical of 麯 is 麥 (wheat), radical number 199 of the 214 Kangxi radicals. The radical is the component a dictionary files the character under, and it usually points at the character's meaning.

None of this is being saved

Signed in, we would remember every character you have looked at — and write you reading you can actually get through, built from exactly those.

Start remembering — free
Free account · 3 passages a day · no card