麦 = 龶 + 夂

麦 is a Japanese kanji written with 7 strokes, listed here under the keyword “barley”. It is built from 龶 (grow up) and 夂 (walking legs). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1653. It appears as a component in 2 other characters in this index.

Keyword: barley
RTK frame: 1653
Strokes: 7
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): バク
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): むぎ
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: ячмень, wheat
Same glyph as a simplified Chinese hanzi: 麦 wheat

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

Characters that contain 麦

How to find 麦 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “grow up” + “walking legs”. 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.