See also:
U+9EA6, 麦
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9EA6

[U+9EA5]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+9EA7]
U+2EE8, ⻨
CJK RADICAL SIMPLIFIED WHEAT

[U+2EE7]
CJK Radicals Supplement
[U+2EE9]

Translingual

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Stroke order
(Chinese)
 
Stroke order
(Japan)
 

Han character

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(Kangxi radical 199, +0, 7 strokes, cangjie input 手一水 (QME), composition (GJ) or (T))

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1512, character 9
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47718
  • Dae Jaweon: page 2041, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4600, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+9EA6

Chinese

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Etymology 1

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Definitions

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For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“wheat; etc.”).
(This character is the simplified and variant form of ).
Notes:

Etymology 2

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Glyph origin

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Corruption of into a horizontal stroke.

Definitions

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For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“to dawdle; the name of the father of Emperor Yao; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of ).

Japanese

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Shinjitai

Kyūjitai

Kanji

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(Second grade kyōiku kanjishinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form )

  1. wheat
  2. barley

Readings

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  • Go-on: みゃく (myaku)
  • Kan-on: ばく (baku, Jōyō)
  • Kun: むぎ (mugi, , Jōyō)

Compounds

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
むぎ
Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

From Old Japanese.[1] In turn, theorized to be from Proto-Japonic *monki.

First cited to the Kojiki in 712 CE.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(むぎ) (mugi

  1. (broadly speaking) dry-cultivated cereal grain
    1. wheat
      Synonym: (literally “little mugi) 小麦 (komugi)
    2. barley
      Synonym: (literally “big mugi) 大麦 (ōmugi)
    3. rye
      Synonym: (literally “naked mugi) 裸麦 (hadaka-mugi)
    4. oats
      Synonym: (literally “swallow (bird) mugi) 燕麦 (enbaku)

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
もぎ
Grade: 2
irregular
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)


For pronunciation and definitions of – see the following entry.
もぎ
[noun] : (dialectal, Yamagata) wheat
(This term, , is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN