Chinese Character Wiki
麥

mài

wheat

The top component 來 depicts a stalk of wheat. The bottom component depicts roots.

Components
來 sound,iconic component

來  Sound Iconic component

lái

  

come

Depicts a stalk of wheat.

◎ iconic component

◎  Iconic component

  

characterless component

Depicts roots.

Evolution

麥 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
麥 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
麥 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
麥 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
麥 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

麦 (麥) 

mài

wheat, barley, oats; KangXi radical number 199; wheat; barley; oats

麦 (麥) 

Mài

surname Mai

Most common words with 麥
Freq.
Word
Meaning

麦

wheat

麦克

Mike (name)

小麦

wheat

麦当劳

MacDonald or McDonald (name)

丹麦

Denmark

Component uses

Meaning component in 5 characters (3 verified)

麪 麵 麯 麩 麴

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

嘜

Iconic component in 1 character (1 verified)

嗇

Remnant component in 1 character (1 verified)

嗇

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*m-rˤək (dialect: *m-rˤ > *mˤr-)

meak

mài

wheat


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 26.1092% of movies

788th most common character in movies

1171st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Simplified

麦

Unicode

U+9EA5

Shuowen

“麥，芒穀。秋穜厚薶，故謂之麥。麥，金也。金王而生，火王而死。从來，有穗者。从夕。”


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