麷

麷 U+9EB7, 麷 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9EB7 ← 麶 [U+9EB6] CJK Unified Ideographs 麸 → [U+9EB8]

Translingual

Han character

麷 (Kangxi radical 199, 麥+18, 29 strokes, cangjie input 十水山十廿 (JEUJT), four-corner 4521₈, composition ⿰麥豐 or ⿺麥豐)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1514, character 55
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47883
• Dae Jaweon: page 2044, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4608, character 6
• Unihan data for U+9EB7

Chinese

trad.		麷
simp.		𫜑
alternative forms		䵄 𥽈

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (豐) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
豐	*pʰuŋ
蘴	*pʰuŋ, *pʰoŋ
灃	*pʰuŋ
寷	*pʰuŋ
麷	*pʰuŋ
酆	*pʰuŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *pʰuŋ) : semantic 麥 (“wheat”) + phonetic 豐 (OC *pʰuŋ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēng (feng¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fong
    • Wade–Giles: fêng¹
    • Yale: fēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feng
    • Palladius: фэн (fɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fung¹
    • Yale: fūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: phjuwng, phjuwngH

Rime
Character	麷	麷
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	東 (2)	東 (2)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	敷空切	撫鳳切
Baxter	phjuwng	phjuwngH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰɨuŋ/	/pʰɨuŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰiuŋ/	/pʰiuŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰiuŋ/	/pʰiuŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰuwŋ/	/pʰuwŋH/
Li Rong	/pʰiuŋ/	/pʰiuŋH/
Wang Li	/pʰĭuŋ/	/pʰĭuŋH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pʰi̯uŋ/	/pʰi̯uŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fēng	fèng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fung1	fung3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰuŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	麷
Reading #	1/1
No.	3248
Phonetic component	豐
Rime group	終
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	豐
Old Chinese	/*pʰuŋ/

Definitions

麷

1. ^† fried wheat

   • 朝事之籩，其實麷、蕡…… [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     朝事之笾，其实𫜑、𰱟…… [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Rites of Zhou, circa 3^rd century BCE

     zhāoshì zhī biān, qí shí fēng, fèi...... [Pinyin]

     In the basket for the morning sacrifices are fried wheat, hemp seeds...

2. ^† Alternative form of 豐／丰 (fēng, “bulrush”)

   • 午其軍，取其將，若撥麷。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     午其军，取其将，若拨𫜑。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Xunzi, c. 3^rd century BCE

     Wǔ qí jūn, qǔ qí jiàng, ruò bō fēng. [Pinyin]

     Going against their army and taking their general is like pushing bulrush aside.