| Uni: | 9EA5 |
| Meaning: | wheat |
| Pny: | mài |
| Bopo: | ㄇㄞˋ |
| Wade: | mai4 |
| Jyutping: | mak6, maak6 |
| Yale: | mak6 |
| Onyomi: | バク baku |
| Kunyomi: | むぎ mugi |
| Jp: | 麦/むぎ mugi 麦繞/ばくにょう baku |
| Hang: | 보리 bori |
| Hanja: | 맥 maek |
| Hanviet: | mạch |
Radical 199 or radical wheat meaning "wheat" is one of the 6 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 11 strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 131 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
(7 strokes), the simplified form of, is the 149th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China, while the traditional form is listed as its associated indexing component. is also the simplified form used in Japanese.
| Strokes | Characters (麥) | Characters (麦) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| +0 | SC/JP (=麥) | ||
| +3 | |||
| +4 | HK (=麵) (=麵) | SC/JP (=麩) | |
| +5 | (=麩) | ||
| +6 | (=麴) | ||
| +7 | |||
| +8 | SC/JP (=麴) | ||
| +9 | SC nonstandard/JP (=麵) | ||
| +11 | |||
| +18 |
As an independent sinogram 麦 is a Chinese character. It is one of the Kyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in elementary school in Japan.[1] It is a second grade kanji.