麦(mài)

HSK 67 strokesTrad. 麥

surname Mai

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Character information

Pinyin
mài
Meaning
surname Mai
Strokes
7
HSK level
HSK 6
Traditional
麥

Origin & structure

Where 麦 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱龶夂

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

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

龶夂zhǐ

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

Traditional form 麥: Grains 來 ready to be harvested 夂; compare 麦

How to write 麦 step by step

7 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 麦

Common words using 麦 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

xiǎo小mài麦
HSK 6

wheat

Open 小麦 page →
dān丹mài麦

Denmark

Open 丹麦 page →
quán全mài麦

whole wheat

Open 全麦 page →
dà大mài麦

barley

Open 大麦 page →
bù不biàn辨shū菽mài麦

lit. cannot tell beans from wheat (idiom); fig. ignorant of practical matters

Open 不辨菽麦 page →
bǐ俾sī斯mài麦

Bismarck (name)

Open 俾斯麦 page →
kā喀mài麦lóng隆

Cameroon

Open 喀麦隆 page →
xiǎo小mài麦pēi胚yá芽

wheat germ

Open 小麦胚芽 page →

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From 麦’s common words

小丹全大不辨菽俾

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