麺

Glyph origin
Variant of,. The modern Japanese usage is of reform (shinjitai) nature.

Usage notes
Mostly seen in cursive scripts.

Kanji

 * 1) flour
 * 2) noodles

Usage notes
This character was added to the Jōyō kanji list in 2010 and adopted this simplified form. Before 2010 the unsimplified form was the, and the simplified form  was a.

Etymology 1
From.

Noun

 * 1) noodles

Usage notes
Uncommon spelling for the sense, possibly due to the ambiguity in reading and sense. For the sense, the  spelling is more common.