Jisho

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15 strokes
Radical:
wheat
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On reading compounds

  • 麹菌 【コウジキン】 koji mold (Aspergillus oryzae)
  • 麹塵 【キクジン】 yellow-green tinged with grey, emperor's informal robes
  • 製麹 【セイキク】 koji production

Kun reading compounds

  • 麹 【こうじ】 kōji, malted rice, malt, malt-like material from growing mold on rice, barley, beans, etc. (used as a starter to make sake, miso, soy sauce, etc.)
  • 麹黴 【こうじかび】 koji mold (Aspergillus oryzae)
  • 塩麹 【しおこうじ】 salted kōji (traditional condiment)
  • 麦麹 【むぎこうじ】 barley kōji

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qu1
Korean:
gug

Spanish

Portuguese

French

5388 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2858 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
47818X Morohashi
7036 New Nelson (John Haig)
2753 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2778 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
6b13.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-7-8 SKIP code
3-11-8 SKIP code
4740.2 Four corner code
4724.2 Four corner code
1-25-77 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9eb9 Unicode hex code

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On reading compounds

  • 梅雨 【ツユ】 (East Asian) rainy season (in Japan, usu. from early June to mid-July), rain during the rainy season
  • ばい菌 【バイキン】 germ, germs, bacteria, bug, something dirty or harmful, vermin
  • 防カビ 【ボウカビ】 mold prevention, mildew prevention
  • 防カビ 【ボウカビ】 mold prevention, mildew prevention
  • 青カビ 【アオカビ】 blue mold, blue mould, penicillium

Kun reading compounds

  • 黴 【かび】 mold, mould, mildew
  • カビが生える 【カビがはえる】 to get moldy, to get mouldy, to get out-of-fashion
  • 防カビ 【ぼうカビ】 mold prevention, mildew prevention
  • 青カビ 【あおカビ】 blue mold, blue mould, penicillium
  • 黴びる 【かびる】 to get moldy (mouldy), to get musty, to develop mildew
  • 黴びる 【かびる】 to get moldy (mouldy), to get musty, to develop mildew

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mei2
Korean:
mi

Spanish

Portuguese

French

1643 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1008 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
48196 Morohashi
814 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
7065 New Nelson (John Haig)
3i20.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-20 SKIP code
2824.0 Four corner code
1-83-64 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9ef4 Unicode hex code