麦
màiMài HSK6

wheat

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approved by Peter Olson · Oct 8, 2020, 07:27 AM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Oct 8, 2020, 07:27 AM

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Simplified form of 麥. The top component 來 depicts a stalk of wheat. The bottom component depicts roots.

Components

來
來 SoundIconicSimplified component

Depicts a stalk of wheat.

◎
◎ Iconic component

Depicts roots.


Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

說文解字

《說文》：“麥，芒穀。秋穜厚薶，故謂之麥。麥，金也。金王而生，火王而死。从來，有穗者。从夕。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.465
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)