麦

wheat; barley

7 strokes. Taught in grade 2. Newspaper frequency rank 1615.

Readings

• むぎ (kun reading): 小麦 (こむぎ) wheat; 小麦粉 (こむぎこ) wheat flour
• バク (on reading): 麦芽 (ばくが) malt; 麦酒 (ばくしゅ) beer
• Read as a whole word: 蕎麦屋 (そばや) soba restaurant; 新蕎麦 (しんそば) soba made from freshly harvested buckwheat; 蕎麦つゆ (そばつゆ) soba dipping sauce

Components

• 龶
• 夂
• 二 radical two
• 亠 radical lid
• 土 radical earth
• 夂 radical go; winter top
• 麦 radical wheat

Kanji containing 麦

• 麹 malt
• 麺 noodles
• 麸 light wheat-gluten bread

Words using 麦

• 小麦 (こむぎ) wheat
• 小麦粉 (こむぎこ) wheat flour
• 麦 (むぎ) wheat
• 麦茶 (むぎちゃ) barley tea
• 大麦 (おおむぎ) barley (Hordeum vulgare)
• 蕎麦屋 (そばや) soba restaurant
• 新蕎麦 (しんそば) soba made from freshly harvested buckwheat
• 蕎麦つゆ (そばつゆ) soba dipping sauce
• 盛り蕎麦 (もりそば) chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce
• 蕎麦切り (そばきり) soba
• 麦芽 (ばくが) malt
• 麦酒 (ばくしゅ) beer
• 麦角 (ばっかく) ergot
• 精麦 (せいばく) barley cleaning
• 麦汁 (ばくじゅう) wort (beer before yeast is added)
• 更科蕎麦 (さらしなそば) high quality soba

92 words in all.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists