麦 — Chinese character
麦
mài
wheat, barley, oats
- Pinyin
- mài
- Radical
- 199 ⿆ (Wheat)
- Strokes
- 7
- Components
- 龶 夂
- Formation
- ideographic — Simplified form of 麦; grains 來 ready to be harvested 夂
- Traditional
- 麥
- Japanese
- 麦 as a kanji
Common words with 麦
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 小麦 (小麥) | xiǎo mài | wheat; measure word: 粒 (lì) |
| 麦克 (麥克) | mài kè | (loanword) microphone |
| 麦克风 (麥克風) | mài kè fēng | (loanword) microphone |
| 大麦 (大麥) | dà mài | barley |
| 麦子 (麥子) | mài zi | wheat; measure word: 株 (zhū) |
| 燕麦 (燕麥) | yàn mài | oats |
| 荞麦 (蕎麥) | qiáo mài | buckwheat |
| 麦片 (麥片) | mài piàn | oatmeal; rolled oats |
| 麦芽 (麥芽) | mài yá | malt |
| 全麦 (全麥) | quán mài | whole wheat |
| 黑麦 (黑麥) | hēi mài | rye (Secale cereale) |
| 麦冬 (麥冬) | mài dōng | dwarf lilyturf (Ophiopogon japonicus), whose tuber is used in TCM |
English words written with 麦
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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