Chinese symbol for “bran”
麸
fū
Traditional: 麩
bran
The closest CC-CEDICT match for bran is 麸 (fū), defined as: bran.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “bran”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 麸.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 麦麸 (麥麩) | mài fū | wheat bran |
| 麸皮 (麩皮) | fū pí | bran (esp. of wheat) |
| 麸质 (麩質) | fū zhì | gluten |
| 烤麸 (烤麩) | kǎo fū | kao fu, a spongy wheat gluten product used in Chinese cuisine |
| 无麸质 (無麩質) | wú fū zhì | gluten-free |
| 麸皮面包 (麩皮麵包) | fū pí miàn bāo | whole-wheat bread |
See also: Japanese symbol for “bran”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.