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Readings

Kana: メン、ベン、むぎこ
Romaji: men, ben, mugiko
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

noodles, wheat flour

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  16
Radical Number:  199
Frequency:  2331
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  3-7-9
Korean Reading:  myeon
Chinese Reading:  mian4
Unicode:  9eba
JIS:  4C4D

Indexes

Nelson Index: 5389
New Nelson Index: 7038
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 4i17.1
Four Corner Index: 4140.6
Japanese Names Index: 2910
Daikanwanjiten Index: 47827X
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 12.0936
Remembering the kanji Index: 2752
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2828
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2040
Kodansha Kanji Index: 4112

Words

(めん)
noodles; flour
麺類 (めんるい)
noodles; vermicelli
製麺 (せいめん)
noodle making
麺麻 (めんま、メンマ)
bamboo shoots boiled, sliced, fermented, dried or preserved in salt, then soaked in hot water and sea salt
冷麺 (れいめん)
cold noodles (in Korean style); chilled Chinese noodles; cold Chinese noodles accompanied by soup for dipping
素麺 (そうめん)
fine white noodles
麺子 (めんす)
noodles
麺棒 (めんぼう)
rolling pin
乾麺 (かんめん)
dried noodles
拉麺 (ラーメン、らーめん、らあめん)
ramen; Chinese-style noodles
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