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麦

Wheat
Stroke count: 7

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JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 2Level 5

Meanings

  1. wheat
    農家の男の子が、小麦を乗せた小型トラックを過って横転させてしまった。The farm boy accidentally overturned the pickup truck loaded with wheat.tatoeba
    彼の家族は小麦農家だった。His family had been wheat farmers.tatoeba
  2. barleyRtK
  1. oat (oats)

Popular Usage

小麦蕎麦

Radicals and components

Radical麥wheat
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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grow up · walking legs (儿)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1653

Compound words

小麦こむぎ
wheat
蕎麦そば
buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles; Chinese-style wheat noodles
笊蕎麦ざるそば
zaru soba (soba served on a bamboo draining basket with dipping sauce)
大麦おおむぎ
barley (Hordeum vulgare)
麦芽ばくが
malt
麦茶むぎちゃ
barley tea
麦畑むぎばたけ
wheat field; barley field; cornfield
小麦粉こむぎこ
wheat flour
蕎麦屋そばや
soba restaurant
燕麦えんばく
oat (Avena sativa)
割麦わりむぎ
ground barley
玄麦げんばく
unpolished wheat or barley
黒麦くろむぎ
rye (Secale cereale)
麦蒔むぎまき
wheat planting
麦酒ばくしゅ
beer
麦突むぎつく
Pungtungia herzi (species of cyprinid)
麦欄むぎらん
Bulbophyllum inconspicuum (species of orchid)
麦稈むぎわら
wheat straw
麦隴ばくろう
field of grain (not rice)
瞿麦なでしこ
pink (any flower of genus Dianthus, esp. the fringed pink, Dianthus superbus)
糯麦もちむぎ
Japanese pearl barley
割り麦わりむぎ
ground barley
蕎麦殻そばがら
buckwheat chaff
蕎麦滓そばかす
freckle

Additional Examples

彼はたくさんの小麦粉と油を買い込んだ。
He bought a lot of flour and oil.tatoeba
農家の人は春に小麦の種まきをする。
Farmers sow grain seeds in spring.tatoeba

Stroke Order

7 strokes

Wheat, barley. 龶 (ears of grain) + 夂 (feet) — grain that was trodden to help it grow.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 麦

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