Memory phrase for the Kanji: 麦

麦

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Meaning

wheat, barley

Pronunciation

 BAKU
mugi

Explanation

 Top: growing plant (variation of live 生), bottom: turned feet (a person who is stitting cross-legged) 夂

Mnemonic

Let the plants grow, cross your legs and enjoy the wheat.

Radicals

麦 barley, wheat
growing plant
夂 crossed legsThis radical is understood as sitting with crossed legs or upturned foot.
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Vocabulary

 小麦  こむぎ  wheat
 麦  むぎ  wheat, barley
 麦芽  ばくが  malt
 焼き蕎麦  やきそば  Yaki-Soba (fried buckwheat noodles)
 蕎麦  そば  soba (buckwheat noodles)

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