麹 — kanji meaning “malt”
麹
malt, yeast
- Meanings
- malt, yeast
- On'yomi
- キク (kiku)
- Kun'yomi
- こうじ
- Strokes
- 15
- Newspaper frequency
- #1988 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 199
- Chinese reading
- qū
Words with 麹
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 麹菌 | こうじきん koujikin | koji mold (Aspergillus oryzae) |
| 麹屋 | こうじや koujiya | maltster |
| 麹カビ | こうじかび koujikabi | koji mold (Aspergillus oryzae) |
| 米麹 | こめこうじ komekouji | kōji; malted rice |
| 黒麹菌 | くろこうじきん kurokoujikin | Aspergillus niger; Aspergillus awamorii; black koji mold |
| 白麹菌 | しろこうじきん shirokoujikin | Aspergillus kawachii; Aspergillus awamori var. kawachi; white kōji mould, used in shōchū production |
| 塩麹 | しおこうじ shiokouji | salted kōji (traditional condiment) |
| 麹漬け | こうじづけ koujizuke | fish, meat, vegetables, etc. pickled in kōji and salt; food pickled in malted rice |
| 麦麹 | むぎこうじ mugikouji | barley kōji |
| 麹塵の袍 | きくじんのほう kikujinnohou | emperor's informal robes |
| 麹塵 | きくじん kikujin | yellow-green tinged with grey |
| 紅麹黴 | べにこうじかび benikoujikabi | Monascus purpureus (species of mold); ang-khak |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.