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)

1 characters

Stroke count

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  • 麦mài

    wheat; barley; oats

    7 strokes

Related radicals (相关部首 xiāngguān bùshǒu)

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