麴 — Chinese character
麴
qū
yeast; to leaven; surname
- Pinyin
- qū
- Radical
- 199 ⿆ (Wheat)
- Strokes
- 19
- Components
- 麥 匊
- Formation
- pictophonetic — wheat; meaning component 麥; sound component 匊
- Simplified
- 麹
Common words with 麴
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 米麴菌 | mǐ qū jūn | Aspergillus oryzae (type of mold) |
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.