Word details

きしめん

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word きしめん.

Dictionary

Entry

しめんきし麺棊子麺碁子麺NounUsually kanaFreq #105604
1

Food, cooking

noodles made in flat strips

Examples
そばはそば粉から、うどんやきしめんは普通の小麦粉からできてるの。
Soba is made of buckwheat flour, and udon and kishimen are made of plain wheat flour.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

noodles, wheat flour

16 strokesFrequency 2,331Grade 8

On

メンベン

Kun

むぎこ

Japanese chess

12 strokes

On

Kun

child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac

3 strokesFrequency 72JLPT N4Grade 1

On

Kun

-こ

Nanori

ねっ

Go

13 strokesFrequency 1,609JLPT N1Grade 8

On

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