tofu

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) A protein-rich food made from curdled soy milk.
2. (countable, uncountable) A box or rectangle, empty or with a question mark or hexadecimal code inside, displayed by some systems in place of a character not supported by available fonts. (such as _□ or 𐕪)

Synonyms

bean curd

soy milk

bean-curd

miso

shoyu

soybean cake

tempeh

meju

soyfoods

curd

tamari

Translations

tofu

Tofu

tofu

tofu

tofu

τόφου

tofou

Bohnenquark

توفو

tofu

tōfu

tofu

tofoe

Sojaquark

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtoʊfu/

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 豆(とう)腐(ふ) (tōfu), from Middle Chinese 豆腐 (duwᴴ bju^X, “curdled bean”). Doublet of dubu and doufu.