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Kanji Detail for 麥 - "wheat"
麥
- Meaning
麥 means "wheat."
Wheat - A cereal grain of the family Poaceae; one of the five grains.
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The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
wheat
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
wheat, barley, oats; Kangxi radical 199
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
surname Mai
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
wheat, barley, oats
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
An important agricultural plant. Especially widely grown in northern China. Leaves are thin and long. Has parallel veins. Stem has nodes. Flowers and bears fruit in summer months. Usually divided into barley and wheat, two types. The grain of wheat is mostly awnless. Seeds have much flour. Used to make noodles, pastries, bread, soy sauce, and such. The grain of barley has long awns. Seeds can be made into rice. Made into malt sugar. Stalks can all be made into straw hats.
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