麺

noodles

Stroke count: 16

Readings

On readingメン、ベン

Kun readingむぎこ

Meanings

noodlesRtK
麺はふつう小麦粉から作られる。Noodles are usually made from wheat.tatoeba
手打ち風機械製麺Machine-made hand-made style noodleswiki

flour

Synonyms

Radicals and components

Radical麥wheat

Components

How it's built

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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barley · grow up · walking legs (儿) · mask · hundred · one (一) · ceiling (冖) · drop (丶) · pent in (囗) · eye (目)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 2040

Compound words

拉麺ラーメン

ramen; Chinese-style noodles

索麺そうめん

fine white noodles

製麺せいめん

素麺そうめん

fine white noodles

栃麺とちめん

noodles made from regular flour and horse chestnut flour

橡麺とちめん

noodles made from regular flour and horse chestnut flour

麺棒めんぼう

麺類めんるい

麺媽めんま

bamboo shoots boiled, sliced, fermented, dried or preserved in salt, then soaked in hot water and sea salt

麺碼めんま

bamboo shoots boiled, sliced, fermented, dried or preserved in salt, then soaked in hot water and sea salt

麺麭めんぽう

冷麺れいめん

cold noodles (in Korean style)

老麺ラーメン

拌麺ばんめん

noodles mixed with several ingredients (Chinese)

炸麺ジャーメン

ラー麺ラーメン

乾麺麭かんめんぽう

坦々麺タンタンめん

坦坦麺タンタンめん

中華麺ちゅうかめん

Chinese noodles

甜麺醤テンメンジャン

sweet flour paste (Chinese seasoning)

栃麺棒とちめんぼう

rolling pin for making horse chestnut noodles

棊子麺きしめん

noodles made in flat strips

炸醤麺ジャージャーめん

zhajiangmian (dish of ground pork over wheat noodles)

Additional Examples

ゆで麺・ゆでそば

Pre-boiled buckwheat noodleswiki

Stroke Order

16 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 麺

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step