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mài

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mài Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
mài | mai4
English translation
wheat, barley, oats

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About mài

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Number of strokes

11

Radical frequency

131

Traditional form

mài

Contains the radical

mài

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

Grains lái ready to be harvested  zhǐ ; compare  Mài

Etymology of mài

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

來夂

Explanation

Simplified form of mài . The top component lái is a pictograph of wheat. It is unclear why the foot component ( zhǐ ) was added to the character for "wheat".

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Words with mài

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
Mài wheat mài
麦克 Mài kè Mike (name)麥克
小麦 xiǎomài wheat小麥
麦当劳 Mài dāng láo MacDonald or McDonald (name)麥當勞
丹麦 Dān mài Denmark丹麥
麦克风 màikèfēng microphone (loanword)麥克風
麦片 mài piàn oatmeal麥片
大麦 dà mài barley大麥
麦迪 Mài dí Tracy McGrady (1979-), former NBA player麥迪
燕麦 yàn mài oats燕麥
麦迪逊 Mài dí xùn Madison (name)麥迪遜
麦子 mài zi wheat麥子
麦芽 mài yá malt麥芽
喀麦隆 Kā mài lóng Cameroon喀麥隆
麦当娜 Mài dāng nà Madonna (1958-), US pop singer麥當娜
荞麦 qiáo mài buckwheat蕎麥
麦克阿瑟 Mài kè ā sè General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964), US commander in Pacific during WW2, sacked in 1951 by President Truman for exceeding orders during the Korean war麥克阿瑟
麦冬 mài dōng dwarf lilyturf (Ophiopogon japonicus), its tuber used in TCM麥冬
麦德龙 Mài dé lóng Metro supermarket chain (originally German)麥德龍
麦凯恩 Mài kǎi ēn McCain (name)麥凱恩

mài Decomposition & Compounds

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