米糠

Chinese

		rice; metre	husk
trad. (米糠)		米	糠
simp. ^#(米糠)		米	糠

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mǐkāng

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˇ ㄎㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mai⁵ hong¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mí-hông
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bí-khng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mǐkāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˇ ㄎㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mǐkang
  - Wade–Giles: mi³-kʻang¹
  - Yale: mǐ-kāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miikang
  - Palladius: микан (mikan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mai⁵ hong¹
  - Yale: máih hōng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mai⁵ hong¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: mei⁵ hong¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐi̯¹³ hɔːŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mí-hông
  - Hakka Romanization System: mi^ˋ hong^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mi³ hong¹
  - Sinological IPA: /mi³¹ hoŋ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bí-khng
  - Tâi-lô: bí-khng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: by'qngf
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /bi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰŋ̍⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Tainan): /bi⁵³⁻⁵⁵ kʰŋ̍⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰŋ̍³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /bi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰŋ̍⁴⁴/

Noun

米糠

rice bran
- 1854, 養心神詩新編, 藔仔後花旗舘, 第十一首:
  
  歹人米糠一般　俱是無用之物 [Hokkien, trad.]
  歹人米糠一般　俱是无用之物 [Hokkien, simp.]
  pháiⁿ-lâng bí-khng chi̍t-poaⁿ, lóng sī bô-ēng ê mi̍h [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  The wicked are like rice bran; they are all useless things

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 米糠 (“rice bran”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		米糠
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	米糠
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	稻糠
Southwestern Mandarin	Guiyang	米糠, 糠
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	肉糠, 米糠
Cantonese	Guangzhou	米糠
Gan	Pingxiang	米糠
Hakka	Meixian	米糠
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	糠仔
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	糠仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	米糠
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	米糠
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	米糠
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	糠仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	糠仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	糠
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	糠仔
	Taoyuan (Nanshi, Pingzhen; Raoping)	糠仔
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	米糠, 糠
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	米糠
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	米糠
Southern Min	Xiamen	米糠
	Quanzhou	米糠
	Zhangzhou	米糠
	Zhao'an	米糠
	Taipei	米糠
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	米糠
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	米糠
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	米糠
	Kaohsiung	米糠
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	米糠
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	米糠
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	米糠
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	米糠
	Kaohsiung (Cieding)	米糠
	Yilan (Luodong)	米糠
	Yilan (Toucheng)	米糠
	Changhua (Yongjing)	米糠
	Tainan	米糠
	Tainan (Anping)	米糠
	Chiayi	米糠
	Chiayi County (Dongshi)	米糠
	Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng)	米糠
	Kinmen	米糠
	Penghu (Magong)	米糠
	Penghu (Xiyu)	米糠
	Leizhou	糠囝
Wu	Suzhou	糠
Xiang	Loudi	米糠

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (米糠):

→ Korean: 미강(米糠) (migang)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
米	糠
こめ Grade: 2	ぬか Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
米ぬか

Etymology

From 米(こめ) (kome, “rice”) + 糠(ぬか) (nuka, “rice bran”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ぬか [nùká] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [nɯ̟ka̠]

Noun

米(こめ)糠(ぬか) • (komenuka)

synonym of 糠 (nuka, “rice bran”)

Derived terms

米糠油(こめぬかゆ) (komenukayu)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN