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))

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

Chinese

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

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.)

Japanese

Shinjitai

 麦

Kyūjitai

 麥

Kanji
麦

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

  1. wheat
  2. barley

Readings

Compounds
Compounds

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

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
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