⿆

wheat

mài (mai4)

Radical no. 199 · 11 strokes (第 199 部首 · 11 画 dì 199 bùshǒu · 11 huà)

Radical ⿆ (mài) — meaning: wheat, 11 strokes.

Origin & mnemonic

The radical 麥 is a pictograph depicting the wheat plant with drooping grain heads. Its form originates from oracle-bone script, where it clearly depicted the grain spikes of wheat.

Mnemonic: The strokes resemble golden grain heads drooping from the wheat plant stem.

Characters with this radical (含此部首的字 hán cǐ bùshǒu de zì)

8 characters

Stroke count

All strokes1-3 strokes4-6 strokes7-10 strokes11+ strokes

Sort

Stroke count (default)FrequencyHSK levelRandom
  • 麦mài

    wheat; barley; oats

    11 strokes

  • 麸fū

    variant of 麩|麸[fu1]

    11 strokes

  • 麫miàn

    variant of 麵|面[mian4]

    15 strokes

  • 麹Qū

    surname Qu

    15 strokes

  • 麭pào

    pastry

    16 strokes

  • 麺miàn

    old variant of 麵|面[mian4]

    16 strokes

  • 曲qū

    variant of 麴|曲[qu1]

    HSK 7

    17 strokes

  • 面miàn

    variant of 麵|面[mian4]

    HSK 2

    20 strokes

Related radicals (相关部首 xiāngguān bùshǒu)

Same stroke count or numerically adjacent in the 214-radical set.