麴
qū

yeast

Components

麥
麥 Meaning component
mài wheat

wheat

匊
匊 Sound component
jū handful

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰuɡ
Unicodekiuk

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

麹 qū yeast Simplified

No origin information available for this character yet.

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode