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麸

fū

Character Traditional 麩

What 麸 means

1. bran

Other readings

麸 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• fūvariant of {麸|fū}

Words starting with 麸

• 麸皮fū píbran (esp. of wheat)
• 麸质fū zhìgluten
• 麸皮面包fū pí miàn bāowhole-wheat bread

Words containing 麸

• 烤麸kǎo fūkao fu, a spongy wheat gluten product used in Chinese cuisine
• 麦麸mài fūwheat bran
• 无麸质wú fū zhìgluten-free
• 无麸质饮食wú fū zhì yǐn shígluten-free diet

Characters built on 夫

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

• 肤fūskin
• 扶fúto support with the hand; to help sb up; to support oneself by holding onto something
• 芙fúused in 芙蓉
• 呋fūused in transliteration, e.g. 呋喃; old variant of 趺
• 趺fūinstep; tarsus
• 伕fūvariant of 夫
• 蚨fú(water-beetle); money

Characters that look like 麸

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 教jiāoto teach; to instruct
• 散sànto scatter; to break up (a meeting etc); to disperse
• 跌diēto fall; to tumble; to trip
• 栽zāito plant; to grow; to insert; to erect (e.g. a bus stop sign); to impose sth on sb
• 敖Áosurname Ao
• 跛bǒto limp; lame; crippled

Sounds the same

Read fū, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 夫husband; man; manual worker
• 肤skin
• 敷to spread; to lay out; to apply (powder, ointment etc)
• 孵breeding; to incubate; to hatch
• 砆agate; inferior gem; a kind of jade
• 呋used in transliteration, e.g. 呋喃; old variant of 趺
• 衭the lapel of a garment
• 泭a raft
• 趺instep; tarsus
• 跗instep; tarsus
• 稃husk; outside shell of grain
• 玞a kind of jade