# 麺

| 麺 | U+9EBA, &#40634; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9EBA |
| ← 麹 [U+9EB9] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 麻 → [U+9EBB] |

## Translingual

| Traditional | 麵 |
| Shinjitai | 麺 |
| Simplified | 面 |

### Glyph origin

Variant of 麵, simplified from 麵 (麥 → 麦). The modern Japanese usage is of reform (shinjitai) nature.

### Han character

麺 (Kangxi radical 199, 麦+9, 16 strokes, cangjie input 手水一田中 (QEMWL), composition ⿰麦面(GV) or ⿺麦面(J))

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1514, character 57
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 7, page 4605, character 12
* Unihan data for U+9EBA

## Chinese

* For pronunciation and definitions of 麺 – see 麵. (This character is a variant form of 麵).

### Usage notes

Mostly seen in cursive scripts. Also a non-standard simplification. Simplified from 麵 (麥 → 麦)

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 麺 |
| Kyūjitai | 麵 |

### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 麵)
* flour
* noodles

#### Readings

* Go-on: めん (men, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: べん (ben)
* Kun: むぎこ (mugiko, 麺)

#### Usage notes

This character was added to the Jōyō kanji list in 2010 and adopted this simplified form. Before 2010 the unsimplified form 麵 was the 印(いん)刷(さつ)標(ひょう)準(じゅん)字(じ)体(たい) (insatsu hyōjun jitai), and the simplified form 麺 was a 簡(かん)易(い)慣(かん)用(よう)字(じ)体(たい) (kan'i kan'yō jitai).

#### Compounds

* 麺麭(パン), 麺包(パン) (pan)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 麺
* めん Grade: S
* goon
* Alternative spellings
* 麵 (kyūjitai) 麪 (rare)
From Middle Chinese 麵 (MC menH).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) めん [méꜜǹ] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [mẽ̞ɴ]

#### Noun

麺(めん) • (men)
* noodles
    Synonym: 麺類 (menrui)
* (visual kei fandom slang) Short for メンバー (menbā).
** 2019, “首が痛い”‎performed by ゴールデンボンバー:
    火(ほ)照(て)りきった体(からだ)に　大(だい)好(す)きな麺(めん)が叫(さけ)ぶ 「頭(あたま)！」「頭(あたま)！」「頭(あたま)を振(ふ)れよ！」
       Hoterikitta karada ni daisuki na men ga sakebu “Atama!”“Atama!”“Atama o fure yo!”
       (please add an English translation of this example)

##### Derived terms

* 麺(めん)筋(きん) (menkin)
* 麺(めん)繭(けん) (menken)
* 麺(めん)牀(しょう) (menshō)
* 麺(めん)醬(しょう) (menshō)
* 麺(めん)杖(じょう) (menjō)
* 麺(めん)食(しょく) (menshoku)
* 麺(めん)酔(すい) (mensui)
* 麺(めん)牲(せい) (mensei)
* 麺(めん)粻(ちょう) (menchō)
* 麺(めん)板(ばん) (menban)
* 麺(めん)飯(ぱん) (menpan)
* 麺(めん)粉(ふん) (menfun)
* 麺(めん)棒(ぼう) (menbō): rolling pin
* 麺(めん)媽(ま) (menma)
* 麺(めん)類(るい) (menrui): noodles
* 葛麺
* 雞麺
* 乾(かん)麺(めん) (kanmen)
* 紅麺
* 散麺
* 市麺
* 粥(かゆ)麺(めん) (kayumen)
* 条麺
* 新麺
* 清麺
* 精(せい)麺(めん) (seimen)
* 線麺
* 素(そう)麺(めん), 索(そう)麺(めん) (sōmen): somen
* 湯(たん)麺(めん) (tanmen)
* 斗麺
* 薄麺
* 麦(ばく)麺(めん) (bakumen)
* 飛麺
* 細(ほそ)麺(めん) (hosomen)
* 磨麺
* 米(べい)麺(めん) (beimen)
* 蜜麺
* 油麺
* 菱麺
* 冷(れい)麺(めん) (reimen)
* 和麺
* 拉(ラー)麺(メン), 老(ラー)麺(メン) (rāmen): ramen
* ビャンビャン麺(めん) (byanbyanmen): biangbiang noodles

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 麺
* むぎこ Grade: S
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 麵 (kyūjitai)
For pronunciation and definitions of 麺 – see the following entry. :
| 【麦粉むぎこ】 | [noun] flour made from dry-cultivated grass grain: wheat, barley, rye, oat [noun] (more commonly) wheat flour |
(This term, 麺, is an alternative spelling (uncommon) of the above term.) :

#### Usage notes

Uncommon spelling for the flour sense, possibly due to the ambiguity in reading and sense. For the flour sense, the 麦粉 spelling is more common.

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* 白川静 (Shirakawa Shizuka) (2014) “麺”, in 字通 (Jitsū)‎ (in Japanese), popular edition, Tōkyō: Heibonsha, →ISBN