The kanji 麦: meaning, readings and stroke order

麦

Meaning: barley, wheat
On reading: バク baku
Kun reading: むぎ mugi
Strokes: 7
Radical: 麥 wheat
Level: Level 2 · grade 2
Old form: 麥

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: lúa mạch, lúa mì (mạch)
Japanese: むぎ。
Korean: 보리, 밀 (맥)
Chinese: 麦子

Readings, words and example sentences

バク baku · on reading · less common

麦ばく秋しゅう
harvest time for wheat and barley
麦ばく秋しゅうの野原は黄色いです。
At wheat and barley harvest time, the fields are yellow.

むぎ mugi · kun reading

麦むぎ
wheat, barley
麦むぎからパンを作ります。
Bread is made from wheat.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.