糠 — kanji meaning “rice bran”
糠
rice bran
- Meanings
- rice bran
- On'yomi
- コウ (kou)
- Kun'yomi
- ぬか
- Strokes
- 17
- Classical radical
- 119
- Chinese reading
- kāng — Chinese character page
Words with 糠
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 米糠 | こめぬか komenuka | rice bran |
| 糟糠 | そうこう soukou | chaff and bran; plain food |
| 糠味噌 | ぬかみそ nukamiso | salted rice-bran paste for pickling |
| 小糠 | こぬか konuka | rice bran |
| 小糠雨 | こぬかあめ konukaame | light or fine rain; drizzle |
| 糠油 | ぬかあぶら nukaabura | rice-bran oil |
| 糠蚊 | ぬかか nukaka | biting midge; no-see-um (any insect of family Ceratopogonidae) |
| 糠子 | ぬかご nukago | biting midge (any insect of family Ceratopogonidae); no-see-um |
| 糠蝿 | ぬかばえ nukabae | biting midge (any insect of family Ceratopogonidae); no-see-um |
| 粃糠疹 | ひこうしん hikoushin | pityriasis |
| 小糠草 | こぬかぐさ konukagusa | redtop (species of bent grass, Agrostis gigantea) |
| 糟糠の妻 | そうこうのつま soukounotsuma | one's devoted wife; wife who has followed one through hard times; wife married in poverty |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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