糵

糵 · niè

fermenting grain; grain which has sprouted; yeast

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
niè
Cantonese
jit6
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

fermenting grain; grain which has sprouted; yeast

Dictionary definitions & readings

糵 niè · (literary) yeast used for brewing wine

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Readings & dictionary references

XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0834.100:niè Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
268.040:niè Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
niè粵jit6,jip6 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ゲツ こうじ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
얼:N Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
THJD Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4490.4 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0914.070 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+7CF5
Radical
米 · 119
Strokes
22
Residual strokes
17
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #8089

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1028.505
kDaeJaweon
1341.160
kHanYu
53163.140
kIRGDaeJaweon
1341.160
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
53163.140
kIRGKangXi
0914.070
kKangXi
0914.070
kMatthews
4703
kMorohashi
27198 27198:E0101
kSMSZD2003Index
513.12 606.14
kCangjie
THJD
kFourCornerCode
4490.4
kMojiJoho
MJ019942 MJ019942:E0101 MJ019943:E0102
kPhonetic
1215
kUnihanCore2020
GH
kIRG_GSource
G3-682B
kIRG_HSource
H-8E7D
kIRG_JSource
J14-7428
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-663F
kIRG_KSource
K2-5171
kIRG_TSource
T3-6040
kRSUnicode
119.17
kTotalStrokes
22
kCCCII
227037
kCNS1986
E-6040
kCNS1992
3-6040
kGB3
7211
kJIS0213
2,84,08
kJis1
5142
kKoreanName
2015
kTGH
2013:8089
kTaiwanTelegraph
4758
kXerox
315:336
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+18333+119.6.16 C+18333+140.3.19
kCantonese
jit6
kDefinition
fermenting grain; grain which has sprouted; yeast
kHangul
얼:N
kJapanese
ゲツ こうじ
kJapaneseOn
GETSU
kMandarin
niè
kSMSZD2003Readings
niè粵jit6,jip6
kTGHZ2013
268.040:niè
kXHC1983
0834.100:niè

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
1dictionary records using 糵0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

Shape description
薛 above 米 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿱薛米$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱薛米$(GHTJKP)

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