酒曲

Traditional form:

酒麴

Pinyin (reading):

jiǔqū

Definitions:

• brewer's yeast

Characters:

• 酒 - wine, spirits, liquor, alcohol
• 曲 - crooked, bent; wrong, false

Traditional characters:

• 酒 - wine, spirits, liquor, alcohol
• 麴 - yeast; to leaven; surname