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Chinese symbol for “rye”

黑麦
hēi mài
Traditional: 黑麥
rye (Secale cereale)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for rye is 黑麦 (hēi mài), defined as: rye (Secale cereale).

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

黑 hēi
black; dark; evil, sinister
radical 203 ⿊ · 12 strokes
麦 mài
wheat, barley, oats
radical 199 ⿆ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “rye”

WordPinyinMeaning
裸麦 (裸麥)luǒ màirye (Secale cereale)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 黑麦.

WordPinyinMeaning
黑人hēi rénblack person; an illegal
黑暗hēi àndark; darkly
黑色hēi sèblack
黑白hēi báiblack and white; right and wrong
黑客hēi kè(computing) (loanword) hacker
黑帮 (黑幫)hēi bāngbunch of gangsters; criminal gang
小麦 (小麥)xiǎo màiwheat; measure word: 粒 (lì)
麦克 (麥克)mài kè(loanword) microphone

See also: Japanese symbol for “rye”.

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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