麪
miàn

flour

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Phonosemantic compound. 麥 represents the meaning and 丏 represents the sound.

Components

麥
麥 Meaning component
mài wheat
丏
丏 Sound component
miǎn parapet

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangmeːns

說文解字

《說文》：“麪，麥末也。从麥，丏聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)