烤麸
kǎo​fū

spongy wheat gluten

烤 kǎo bake, roast

Phonosemantic compound. 火 represents the meaning and 考 represents the sound.

Components

火
火 Meaning component
huǒ fire
考
考 Sound component
kǎo examine

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰluːʔ

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

麸 fū bran Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 麦 represents the meaning and 夫 represents the sound. Simplified form of 麩.

Components

麦
麦 Meaning component
mài wheat
夫
夫 Sound component
fu, fū man

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

麩 bran Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 麥 represents the meaning and 夫 represents the sound.

Components

麥
麥 Meaning component
mài wheat
夫
夫 Sound component
fu, fū man

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpʰa

說文解字

小麥㞕皮也。从麥夫聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)