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麦

JLPT N2 SL2 7 strokes Frequency: #1615

Meanings

Barley, Wheat

Radicals

麦

Decomposition

⿱龶夂

Etymology

Ideographic: Simplified form of 麦; grains 來 ready to be harvested 夂

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 7

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

2 vertical right-to-left

3 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

4 horizontal bottom-to-top

5 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

6 corner bottom-to-top

7 diagonal bottom-to-top

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

バク baku

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

むぎ mugi

Words Using This Kanji

77 words total

Other (20 words)

ライ麦ライむぎ

rye (Secale cereale)

デュラム小麦デュラムこむぎ

durum wheat (Triticum durum, Triticum turgidum durum)

パン小麦パンこむぎ

wheat (for breadmaking)

wheat bulb

wheat variety

wort filtration

wort (beer before yeast is added)

真麦まむぎ

wheat

オート麦オートむぎ

oats

毒麦どくむぎ

darnel (Lolium temulentum)

打麦場だばくじょう

threshing floor

生麦事件なまむぎじけん

Namamugi Incident (August 1862)

麦突むぎつく

Pungtungia herzi (species of cyprinid)

ライ小麦ライこむぎ

triticale

カラメル麦芽カラメルばくが

caramel malt

麦ご飯むぎごはん

boiled barley and rice

大麦若葉おおむぎわかば

green barley

麦角菌ばっかくきん

ergot fungus (Claviceps purpurea)

小麦グルテンこむぎグルテン

wheat gluten

麦粒むぎつぶ

wheat grain

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