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麦 = 龶 + 夂

麦 is a simplified Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “wheat”. It is built from 龶 (grow up) and 夂 (go). It appears as a component in 5 other characters in this index.

Keyword
wheat
Pinyin (Mandarin)
mài
Script
Simplified chinese hanzi
Also known as
wheat, barley, oats, овес, пшеница, ячмень, barley, oats
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji
麦 barley

Decomposition

ids

  1. 龶 grow up
  2. 夂 go

Characters that contain 麦

How to find 麦 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “grow up” + “go”. 麦 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 麦 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.