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麴

Qū

Character

What 麴 means

1. surname Qu

Words containing 麴

• 米麴菌mǐ qū jūnAspergillus oryzae (type of mold)

Characters built on 匊

These share the phonetic component 匊 (jū), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 菊jú(bound form) chrysanthemum
• 鞠jūto incline (one's torso); to bow; leather ball used in ancient times…
• 掬jūto hold in one's hands; classifier for a double handful; Taiwan pr. jú
• 踘jūleather ball; Taiwan pr. jú

Sounds the same

Read Qū, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 区area; region; district
• 趋to hasten; to hurry; to walk fast
• 屈bent; to feel wronged
• 驱to expel; to urge on; to drive
• 曲bent; crooked; wrong
• 躯human body
• 岖used in 崎岖
• 祛sacrifice to drive away calamity; to dispel; to drive away
• 蛆maggot
• 蛐used in 蛐蛐; used in 蛐蟮
• 呿to yawn
• 袪sleeve opening