麹
malt; yeast
15 strokes. Newspaper frequency rank 1988.
Readings
- こうじ (kun reading): 麹 (こうじ) kōji; 塩麹 (しおこうじ) salted kōji (traditional condiment)
- キク (on reading): 製麹 (せいきく) koji production; 麹塵の袍 (きくじんのほう) emperor's informal robes
Components
- 麦
- 匊
- 二 radical two
- 亠 radical lid
- 勹 radical wrap
- 土 radical earth
- 夂 radical go; winter top
- 米 radical rice
- 麦 radical wheat
Words using 麹
- 麹 (こうじ) kōji
- 塩麹 (しおこうじ) salted kōji (traditional condiment)
- 麹菌 (こうじきん) koji mold (Aspergillus oryzae)
- 米麹 (こめこうじ) kōji
- 麹漬け (こうじづけ) fish, meat, vegetables, etc. pickled in kōji and salt
- 製麹 (せいきく) koji production
- 麹塵の袍 (きくじんのほう) emperor's informal robes
- 麹塵 (きくじん) yellow-green tinged with grey
16 words in all.