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 (Chinese)

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))

Derived characters

Appendix:Chinese radical/麦
唛, 𨦎(鿏), 鿺

Additional Derived Characters

𮰢, 𱟹, 𭰗, 𭸌, 𨹧, 𭪄, 𮳩, 𰦽, 𥟀, 𮌕, 𰎴, 𧵷, 𨀱, 𨌐
𮞒, 𪽂, 𪌛, 𫧮, 𬍞, 𤿲, 𮏀, 𰔞, 𨺮, 𥪣

References

Kangxi Dictionary: 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

Chinese

Etymology 1

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 麦 – see 麥 (“wheat; etc.”). (This character 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.

Etymology 2

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 is a variant form of 夌).

Japanese

Shinjitai	麦
Kyūjitai	麥

Kanji

麦

(Second grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 麥)

wheat
barley

Readings

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

Compounds

Etymology 1

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): [mɯ̟ɡʲi]

Noun

麦(むぎ) • (mugi)

(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)

Derived terms

麦球(むぎきゅう) (mugikyū)
麦倉(むぎくら) (mugikura)
麦粉(むぎこ) (mugiko)
麦酒(むぎざけ) (mugizake)
麦茶(むぎちゃ) (mugicha)
麦飯(むぎめし) (mugimeshi)
麦藁(むぎわら) (mugiwara)
大麦(オオムギ) (ōmugi)
烏麦(カラスムギ) (karasumugi)
黒麦(くろむぎ) (kuromugi)
小麦(コムギ) (komugi)
蕎麦(ソバ) (soba)
毒麦(ドクムギ) (dokumugi)
鼠麦(ネズミムギ) (nezumimugi)
裸麦(ハダカムギ) (hadakamugi)
鳩麦(ハトムギ) (hatomugi)
細野毛麦(ホソノゲムギ) (hosonogemugi)
細麦(ホソムギ) (hosomugi)
山羊麦(ヤギムギ) (yagimugi)
ライ麦(ムギ) (raimugi)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
麦
もぎ Grade: 2
irregular

Alternative spelling
麥 (kyūjitai)

For pronunciation and definitions of 麦 – see the following entry: もぎ

(The following entry does not have a page created for it yet: もぎ.)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[KDJ-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-2] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-3] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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