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麺 means 'noodles'

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Strokes : 16    Frequency: 2562   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-47    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 8 words   Used in 41 words   Used in 3 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   メン
Additional readings
On    ベン
Kun    むぎこ noodles, wheat flour
Variants
麵   麪  
Notes
A Joy o' Kanji essay is available for 麺 - click the badge to download
Japan has oodles of noodles! Aside from udon, soba, and ramen, there’s chilled tsukemen, stringy somen, slender sanuki udon, horse chestnut flour noodles (which inspired a figurative term), and noodles named for Go stones. Read about ethnic separation of noodles, as well as manga and films centered on noodles. And see why the names of some non-noodle foods include 麺.
Components
⿺  麦 wheat  面 mask  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 麺 is used 1 time, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 麺 is used 31 times, read 1 way.
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め ん る い 1
noun
noodles; vermicelli
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An additional 10 less common words include 麺 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
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麺
メン    noodles   
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面
メン   おもて mask, features, surface   おも surface   つら face   
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百
ヒャク    hundred; 100   
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白
ハク   しろい white   しろ    しら-    
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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麦
バク   むぎ wheat, barley   
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龶
シュ   ぬし    あるじ master, proprietor, owner   
夂
go
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