麥 — readings, stroke count and radical

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menu_bookMeaning (Japanese)

1. 麦。
2. 姓氏。
3. 部首。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

brushOrigin of the character

形声。「夊 （向かってくる足）」+音符「來」。「くる」を意味する漢語｛來｝を表す字。のち仮借して「むぎ」を意味する漢語｛麥｝に用いる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

menu_bookMeaning

wheat

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

menu_bookReadings

On (Sino-Japanese)

• バク

Kun (native)

• むぎ

Other languages

• 拼音mai4
• 한글maeg
• Hán-ViệtMạch

infoBasics

Strokes

11 strokes

Radical

麥(むぎ)

JIS level

Level 2

Unicode

U+9EA5

grid_viewComponents

• 人ひと
• 十じゅう
• 夂ふゆがしら

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Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱來夂

menu_bookWords using this kanji

• 麥繞ばくにょう漢字の部首「⿆」が繞である場合の呼称。kanji "wheat" radical

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• 麦Standard form

infoLookup codes

SKIP

2-8-3

Four Corner

4040.7

Spahn–Hadamitzky

4i4.2