What does kanji 麸 mean?

The primary meaning of kanji 麸 is light wheat-gluten bread.

How is kanji 麸 read?

The kunyomi readings for kanji 麸 are ふすま; the onyomi readings are フ.

What words use kanji 麸?

Example words that use kanji 麸 include 麩, 麩菓子, 麩質, 麬.

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麸

Meaning

Kanji 麸

light wheat-gluten bread

Stroke Order

Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み: ふすま
Onyomi 音読み: フ
Nanori 名乗り: -

Variant: 麩 (Formal) , 麬 (Itaiji) , 䴸 (Itaiji)

Jōyō: -
JLPT: -
Frequency: -
Strokes: 11
Radical: -
Components: -
Kanji Kentei: Level 1
Similar Kanji: 規 • 肤 • 趺 • 蚨 • 鈇 • 夫 • 失

Related vocabulary

Showing 15 common entries

Showing 15 of 15 entries that include this kanji.

麩

ふ

wheat gluten (usu. steamed or baked)

麩菓子

ふがし

candy made from wheat gluten

麩質

ふしつ

gluten

麬

ふすま

wheat bran

お麩

おふ

wheat gluten (usu. steamed or baked)

粟麩

あわぶ

nama-fu (steamed wheat gluten) mixed with chestnuts

桜でんぶ

さくらでんぶ

pink fish floss

車麩

くるまぶ

yaki-fu (baked wheat gluten) cut in ring-shaped slices (Niigata specialty)

焼き麩

やきふ

yaki-fu

生麩

なまふ

nama-fu

竹輪麩

ちくわぶ

flour paste cake in the form of a tube

田麩

でんぶ

fish floss

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

味噌汁に麸を入れると、口当たりがやわらかくなる。

When light wheat-gluten bread is added to miso soup, the texture becomes softer.

乾いた麸はだしをよく吸う。

Dry light wheat-gluten bread absorbs broth well.

祖母は煮物に小さな麸を加えた。

My grandmother added small pieces of light wheat-gluten bread to the simmered dish.

花の形をした麸が椀の中に浮かんでいた。

Flower-shaped light wheat-gluten bread was floating in the bowl.

昔は麸を家で作ることもあった。

In the past, people sometimes made light wheat-gluten bread at home.