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

麦(ばく)芽(が) (bakuga): malt
麦蛾(ばくが) (bakuga)
麦角(ばっかく) (bakkaku)
麦穂(ばくすい) (bakusui)
麦(ばく)酒(しゅ) (bakushu): beer
麦秋(ばくしゅう) (bakushū)
麦秀(ばくしゅう) (bakushū)
麦隴(ばくろう) (bakurō)
麦浪(ばくろう) (bakurō)
燕(えん)麦(ばく) (enbaku): oats
菽麦(しゅくばく) (shukubaku)
蕎麦(そば) (soba): buckwheat
米麦(べいばく) (beibaku)

Etymology

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

Alternative spelling
麥 (kyūjitai)

From Old Japanese,^[1] from Proto-Japonic *monki.

First cited to the Kojiki in 712 CE, but its first phonetic attestation is in the Man'yōshū of 759 CE^[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) むぎ [múꜜgì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[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

麦打(むぎう)ち (mugiuchi)
麦滓(むぎかす) (mugikasu)
麦球(むぎきゅう) (mugikyū)
麦草(ムギクサ) (mugikusa)
麦慈姑(むぎぐわい) (mugi-guwai)
麦粉(むぎこ) (mugiko)
麦麹(むぎこうじ) (mugikōji)
麦焦(むぎこが)し (mugikogashi)
麦扱(むぎこ)き (mugikoki)
麦酒(むぎざけ) (mugizake)
麦抄(むぎすく)い (mugisukui)
麦仙翁(ムギセンノウ) (mugisennō)
麦茶(むぎちゃ) (mugicha)
麦突(ムギツク) (mugitsuku)
麦薯蕷(むぎとろ) (mugitoro)
麦撫子(むぎなでしこ) (mugi-nadeshiko)
麦畑(むぎばたけ) (mugibatake)
麦踏(むぎふ)み (mugifumi)
麦味噌(むぎみそ) (mugimiso)
麦飯(むぎめし) (mugimeshi)
麦藁(むぎわら) (mugiwara)
熱麦(あつむぎ) (atsumugi)
犬麦(イヌムギ) (inumugi)
煎(い)り麦(むぎ) (irimugi)
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)
弘法麦(コウボウムギ) (kōbōmugi)
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)
太麦(ふとむぎ) (futomugi)
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)

Proper noun

麦(むぎ) • (Mugi)

a female given name
門(かど)脇(わき)麦(むき)
Kadowaki Muki
Mugi Kadowaki

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Nihon Kokugo Daijiten Dai-ni-han Henshū I'inkai (日本国語大辞典第二版編集委員会) (2001-2002), 日本国語大辞典　第二版 [Unabridged Japanese Dictionary: Second Edition], Tokyo (東京都): Shōgakukan (小学館), →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

“麦”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

[NKD2P-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Nihon Kokugo Daijiten Dai-ni-han Henshū I'inkai (日本国語大辞典第二版編集委員会) (2001-2002), 日本国語大辞典　第二版 [Unabridged Japanese Dictionary: Second Edition], Tokyo (東京都): Shōgakukan (小学館), →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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