Memory phrase for the character: 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 either understood as sitting with crossed legs or an upturned foot.




 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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