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Chinese symbol for “oats”

燕麦
yàn mài
Traditional: 燕麥
oats

The closest CC-CEDICT match for oats is 燕麦 (yàn mài), defined as: oats.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

燕 yàn
lovebird, swallow
radical 86 ⽕ · 16 strokes
麦 mài
wheat, barley, oats
radical 199 ⿆ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “oats”

WordPinyinMeaning
麦 (麥)màiwheat; barley; oats; mic (abbr. for 麦克风 (mài kè fēng))

Related words

Other words that share a character with 燕麦.

WordPinyinMeaning
燕子yàn ziswallow
燕窝 (燕窩)yàn wōedible bird's nest
雨燕yǔ yànswift; Apodidae (the swift family)
燕尾服yàn wěi fúswallow-tailed coat; tails
燕麦片 (燕麥片)yàn mài piànrolled oats
小麦 (小麥)xiǎo màiwheat; measure word: 粒 (lì)
麦克 (麥克)mài kè(loanword) microphone
麦克风 (麥克風)mài kè fēng(loanword) microphone

See also: Japanese symbol for “oats”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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