麦

麦

See also: 麥

麦 U+9EA6, 麦 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9EA6 ← 麥 [U+9EA5] CJK Unified Ideographs 麧 → [U+9EA7]

⻨ U+2EE8, ⻨ CJK RADICAL SIMPLIFIED WHEAT ← ⻧ [U+2EE7] CJK Radicals Supplement ⻩ → [U+2EE9]

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order (Japan)

Han character

麦 (Kangxi radical 199, 麦+0, 7 strokes, cangjie input 手一水 (QME), composition ⿱龶夂(GJ) or ⿱龶夊(T))

References

• KangXi: page 1512, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47718
• Dae Jaweon: page 2041, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4600, character 2
• Unihan data for U+9EA6

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Chinese

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 麦 – see 麥 (“wheat; etc.”). (This character, 麦, is the simplified and variant form of 麥.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Glyph origin

Corruption of 八 into a horizontal stroke.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 麦 – see 夌 (“to dawdle; the name of the father of Emperor Yao; etc.”). (This character, 麦, is a variant form of 夌.)

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Japanese

Shinjitai	麦
Kyūjitai	麥

Kanji

麦

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 麥)

1. wheat
2. barley

Readings

• Go-on: みゃく (myaku)
• Kan-on: ばく (baku, Jōyō)
• Kun: むぎ (mugi, 麦, Jōyō)

Compounds

Compounds

• 燕(えん)麦(ばく) (enbaku): oats
• 大(おお)麦(むぎ) (ōmugi): barley
• 黒(くろ)麦(むぎ) (kuromugi): rye
• 小(こ)麦(むぎ) (komugi): wheat
• 蕎麦(そば) (soba): buckwheat
• 麦(ばく)芽(が) (bakuga): malt
• 麦酒(ビール) (bīru), 麦(ばく)酒(しゅ) (bakushu): beer

Etymology

Kanji in this term
麦
むぎ Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
麥 (kyūjitai)

From Old Japanese.[1] In turn, theorized to be from Proto-Japonic *monki.

First cited to the Kojiki in 712 CE.[1]

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) む​ぎ [múꜜgì] (Atamadaka – [1])[2][3]
• IPA^(key): [mɯ̟ᵝɡʲi]

Noun

麦(むぎ) • (mugi) 

1. (broadly speaking) dry-cultivated cereal grain
   1. wheat

      Synonym: (literally “little mugi”) 小麦 (komugi)

   2. barley

      Synonym: (literally “big mugi”) 大麦 (ōmugi)

   3. rye

      Synonym: (literally “naked mugi”) 裸麦 (hadaka-mugi)

   4. oats

      Synonym: (literally “swallow (bird) mugi”) 燕麦 (enbaku)

References

1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
3. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN