Read Edit View history 𱋐 qū yeast Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents No origin information available for this character yet. Sources Readings & variants Unicode 麯 qū yeast, leaven Traditional Phonosemantic compound. 麥 represents the meaning and 曲 represents the sound. Components 麥 麥 Meaning component mài wheat 曲 曲 Sound component qū, qǔ bent, crooked Sources Character origin 漢語多功能字庫Readings & variants Unicode