麦
麦 — Barley
barley, wheat
On’yomiバク (baku)
Kun’yomiむぎ (mugi)
Stroke order (7 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 麦
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 麦 | むぎ mugi | wheat; barley; oat (oats) |
| 小麦 | こむぎ komugi | wheat |
| 小麦粉 | こむぎこ komugiko | wheat flour |
| 蕎麦 | そば soba | buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles |
| 大麦 | おおむぎ oomugi | barley (Hordeum vulgare) |
| 蕎麦屋 | そばや sobaya | soba restaurant |
Study notes
麦 is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 7 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 2), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #1615 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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