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麥
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麦
🇨🇳

wheat

HSK 10
Nature →Plants →Grasses
mài
バク
むぎ
맥
The top component 來 depicts a stalk of wheat. The bottom component depicts roots.
Components
來 come+ ◎ characterless component =
麥 wheat
來 Phonetic component
come
Depicts a stalk of wheat.
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◎ Iconic component
characterless component
Depicts roots.
Notes
Similar Characters
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Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
麦
Regular
Modern
Chinese
麦 / 麥 [Mài]
surname Mai
麦 / 麥 [mài]
wheat; barley; oats
Japanese
麦 むぎ 同音
noun wheat; barley; oat (oats)
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
その農民は畑に麦の種をまいた。
The farmer sowed his field with wheat.
Japanese Names
麥 ばく
Baku surname
麥 むぎ
Mugi unclassified name
CHINESE WORDS (110)
麦克 [Mài​kè] #1,982
Mike (name)
小麦 [xiǎo​mài] #11,706
wheat
麦当劳 [Mài​dāng​láo] #11,275
MacDonald or McDonald (name)
丹麦 [Dān​mài] #9,170
Denmark
麦克风 [mài​kè​fēng] #5,652
microphone (loanword)
麦片 [mài​piàn] #6,414
oatmeal
大麦 [dà​mài] #26,082
barley
麦迪 [Mài​dí] #25,131
Tracy McGrady (1979-), former NBA player
燕麦 [yàn​mài] #16,548
oats
麦迪逊 [Mài​dí​xùn] #7,944
Madison (name)
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JAPANESE WORDS (2)
麦穂 [ばくすい]
ear of wheat
麥繞 [ばくにょう]
kanji "wheat" radical
KOREAN WORDS (1)
맥주 #2,154
beer