Read Edit View history 麯 qū HSK7 yeast, leaven Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 麥 represents the meaning and 曲 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas qū × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 曲 ×𱋐 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 麯 Simp strokes 麯 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 麯 Simp strokes 麯 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 麯 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 209, 644 ], [ 251, 641 ], [ 408, 684 ], [ 438, 685 ] ], [ [ 283, 824 ], [ 323, 785 ], [ 309, 449 ], [ 312, 361 ] ], [ [ 179, 600 ], [ 195, 575 ], [ 173, 526 ], [ 141, 484 ], [ 99, 450 ] ], [ [ 205, 526 ], [ 234, 491 ] ], [ [ 411, 619 ], [ 425, 600 ], [ 418, 581 ], [ 386, 534 ], [ 364, 508 ], [ 352, 506 ], [ 350, 497 ] ], [ [ 437, 553 ], [ 437, 546 ], [ 465, 527 ], [ 479, 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