麦
麥mài
#1,169 most
frequent character
wheat, barley, oats
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
麦 began as a picture of wheat grain and its roots; both parts are now empty. Its meaning is 'wheat; grain.' In the simplified form, 麦 replaces 麥, with 龶 standing in for 來.
Drawn as: wheat grain and roots
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