|
|
Translingual
editStroke order | |||
---|---|---|---|
Han character
edit麥 (Kangxi radical 199, 麥+0, 11 strokes, cangjie input 十人弓戈 (JONI), four-corner 40207, composition ⿱來夊)
- Kangxi radical #199, ⿆.
Derived characters
editReferences
edit- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1512, character 8
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47717
- Dae Jaweon: page 2041, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4600, character 1
- Unihan data for U+9EA5
Chinese
edittrad. | 麥 | |
---|---|---|
simp. | 麦* | |
alternative forms | 麦 |
Glyph origin
editHistorical forms of the character 麥 | |||
---|---|---|---|
Shang | Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *mrɯːɡ) : phonetic 來 (OC *m·rɯːɡ) + semantic 夊 (“footprint pointing down; to walk slowly”); according to Xu Shen, its meaning is "wheat". 來 was the original character for “wheat”.
Several possible interpretations for the glyph:
- This character is a differentiation from 來. Originally, 來 meant "wheat", then it was phonetically borrowed since oracle bones to mean "to come". During the Warring States period, 麥 is attested and perhaps was coined specifically to mean "come". Eventually, since 來 lost its original meaning (wheat), this meaning shifted to 麥.
- 夊 represents the ancient concept reported by Shuowen Jiezi that wheat came from the heavens (i.e., the Fertile Crescent).
- 夊 represents growth of the wheat plant.
Etymology
editEtymologically unrelated to 來 (OC *m·rɯːɡ, “to come”). Schuessler (2007) suggests it is from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m‑rə(k) (“buckwheat”) and cognate with Tibetan བྲ་བོ (bra bo, “buckwheat”); also compare Proto-Lolo-Burmese *g-ra² (“buckwheat”). STEDT compares 麥 (OC *mrɯːɡ, “wheat”) to Proto-Tibeto-Burman *bra (“buckwheat”) (provisional).
Starostin (2009), on the other hand, compares 麥 (OC *mrɯːɡ, “wheat”) to Proto-Tungusic *murgi (“barley”), Middle Korean 밇 (milh, “wheat”), Old Japanese 麦 (mugi1, “wheat; barley”).
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): me2
- Cantonese
- Gan (Wiktionary): mah6
- Hakka
- Jin (Wiktionary): mieh4
- Northern Min (KCR): mà
- Eastern Min (BUC): măk / mĕk
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ba2 / beh7
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 8maq
- Xiang
- (Changsha, Wiktionary): me6
- (Hengyang, Wiktionary): me6
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, vernacular, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: mài
- Wade–Giles: mai4
- Yale: mài
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: may
- Palladius: май (maj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /maɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, literary variant)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: mò
- Wade–Giles: mo4
- Yale: mwò
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: moh
- Palladius: мо (mo)
- Sinological IPA (key): /mu̯ɔ⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: me2
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: me
- Sinological IPA (key): /mɛ²¹/
- (Standard Chinese, vernacular, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: mak6 / maak6
- Yale: mahk / maahk
- Cantonese Pinyin: mak9 / maak9
- Guangdong Romanization: meg6 / mag6
- Sinological IPA (key): /mɐk̚²/, /maːk̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: mak5
- Sinological IPA (key): /ᵐbak̚³²/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: mah6
- Sinological IPA (key): /maʔ⁵/
- (Nanchang)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ma̍k
- Hakka Romanization System: mag
- Hagfa Pinyim: mag6
- Sinological IPA: /mak̚⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: magˋ
- Sinological IPA: /mak²/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: mieh4
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /miəʔ²/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: mà
- Sinological IPA (key): /ma⁴²/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: măk / mĕk
- Sinological IPA (key): /maʔ⁵/, /mɛiʔ⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- măk - vernacular;
- mĕk - literary.
- Puxian Min
- (Putian, Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: ba2
- Sinological IPA (key): /pa¹³/
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: beh7
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɛʔ⁴/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: beh7
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɛʔ²⁴/
- (Putian, Xianyou)
- ba2 - vernacular;
- beh7 - literary.
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: be̍eh
- Tâi-lô: be̍eh
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɛʔ¹²¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: be̍k
- Tâi-lô: bi̍k
- Phofsit Daibuun: bek
- IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /biɪk̚⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪk̚¹²¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bia̍k
- Tâi-lô: bia̍k
- Phofsit Daibuun: biak
- IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /biak̚²⁴/
- be̍h/be̍eh - vernacular (including surname);
- be̍k/bia̍k - literary.
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: bhêh8
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: be̍h
- Sinological IPA (key): /beʔ⁴/
- Wu
- Xiang
- (Changsha)
- Wiktionary: me6
- Sinological IPA (key): /mɤ̞²⁴/
- (Hengyang)
- Wiktionary: me6
- Sinological IPA (key): /me²²/
- (Changsha)
- Dialectal data
- Middle Chinese: meak
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*m-rˤək/
- (Zhengzhang): /*mrɯːɡ/
Definitions
edit麥
- general term for wheat, barley, oats, ryes, etc.
- (specifically) wheat
- (Hainanese) corn; maize
- Short for 麥克風/麦克风 (màikèfēng, “microphone”).
- Short for 麥克斯韋/麦克斯韦 (Màikèsīwéi).
- a surname
Synonyms
editVariety | Location | Words |
---|---|---|
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 傳聲器, 微音器, 擴音器, 話筒, 麥克風 | |
Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 麥克風, 話筒, 麥 |
Singapore | 麥克風 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 咪, 話筒 |
Hong Kong | 咪, 咪高峰 | |
Hakka | Meixian | 咪, 麥克風, 話筒 |
Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 麥克 | |
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 麥克 | |
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 麥克 | |
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 麥克, 放送頭 | |
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 麥克 | |
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 麥克 | |
Southern Min | Xiamen | 麥克風, 話筒 |
New Taipei (Pingxi) | 麥克 | |
Tainan (Anping) | 麥克 | |
Shantou | 麥克風, 話筒 | |
Wu | Shanghai | 麥克風, 話筒 |
Wenzhou | 話筒, 麥 |
Compounds
edit- 不辨菽麥/不辨菽麦 (bùbiànshūmài)
- 丹麥/丹麦 (Dānmài)
- 丹麥人/丹麦人 (dānmàirén)
- 丹麥學派/丹麦学派
- 丹麥王國/丹麦王国 (Dānmài Wángguó)
- 丹麥語/丹麦语 (Dānmàiyǔ)
- 元麥/元麦
- 兔絲燕麥/兔丝燕麦
- 冬小麥/冬小麦 (dōngxiǎomài)
- 冬麥/冬麦 (dōngmài)
- 喀麥隆/喀麦隆 (Kāmàilóng)
- 堯夫助麥/尧夫助麦
- 大麥/大麦 (dàmài)
- 大麥籽/大麦籽
- 宿麥/宿麦
- 小麥/小麦 (xiǎomài)
- 打麥/打麦
- 打麥場/打麦场
- 拉愛麥/拉爱麦
- 挽麥子/挽麦子
- 春大麥/春大麦
- 春小麥/春小麦
- 春麥/春麦
- 毒麥/毒麦 (dúmài)
- 烏麥/乌麦
- 燕麥/燕麦 (yànmài)
- 燕麥片/燕麦片 (yànmàipiàn)
- 玉麥/玉麦 (Yùmài)
- 瑞麥/瑞麦
- 番麥粒/番麦粒
- 看麥娘/看麦娘
- 破麥破梨/破麦破梨
- 稞麥/稞麦
- 種麥得麥/种麦得麦
- 菽麥/菽麦
- 菽麥不辨/菽麦不辨
- 蕎麥/荞麦 (qiáomài)
- 蕎麥皮/荞麦皮
- 蕎麥麵/荞麦面 (qiáomàimiàn)
- 裸麥/裸麦 (luǒmài)
- 開麥拉/开麦拉 (kāimàilā)
- 雀麥/雀麦
- 高鳳流麥/高凤流麦
- 麥丘老人/麦丘老人
- 麥仔/麦仔 (ma̍k-é)
- 麥信風/麦信风
- 麥候/麦候
- 麥個子/麦个子
- 麥克風/麦克风 (màikèfēng)
- 麥冬/麦冬 (màidōng)
- 麥加/麦加 (Màijiā)
- 麥口期/麦口期
- 麥地那/麦地那 (Màidìnà)
- 麥子/麦子 (màizi)
- 麥寮鄉/麦寮乡
- 麥嶺/麦岭 (màilǐng)
- 麥末/麦末
- 麥浪/麦浪
- 麥燒/麦烧
- 麥片/麦片 (màipiàn)
- 麥生/麦生
- 麥生糖/麦生糖
- 麥田/麦田 (màitián)
- 麥畦/麦畦
- 麥當勞/麦当劳 (Màidāngláo)
- 麥碴兒/麦碴儿
- 麥秀/麦秀
- 麥秀兩歧/麦秀两歧
- 麥秀歌/麦秀歌
- 麥秋/麦秋 (màiqiū)
- 麥積山/麦积山
- 麥穗/麦穗 (màisuì)
- 麥穗兩歧/麦穗两歧
- 麥管/麦管
- 麥粉/麦粉 (màifěn)
- 麥粒腫/麦粒肿 (màilìzhǒng)
- 麥精/麦精
- 麥糠/麦糠 (màikāng)
- 麥舟/麦舟
- 麥芒/麦芒 (màimáng)
- 麥芽/麦芽 (màiyá)
- 麥芽糖/麦芽糖 (màiyátáng)
- 麥苗/麦苗 (màimiáo)
- 麥茬/麦茬
- 麥蓋提/麦盖提 (Màigàití)
- 麥蚜/麦蚜
- 麥蚻/麦蚻
- 麥西/麦西
- 麥角/麦角 (màijiǎo)
- 麥酒/麦酒 (màijiǔ)
- 麥隴/麦陇 (màilǒng)
- 麥飯/麦饭
- 麥麩/麦麸 (màifū)
- 黍離麥秀/黍离麦秀
- 黑麥/黑麦 (hēimài)
Descendants
editReferences
edit- (Min Nan) “Entry #8112”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.
Japanese
edit麦 | |
麥 |
Kanji
edit(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 麦)
Readings
editKorean
editHanja
editCompounds
editVietnamese
editHan character
editCompounds
edit- CJK Unified Ideographs block
- Han script characters
- Kangxi Radicals block
- Han character radicals
- Translingual lemmas
- Translingual symbols
- Han phono-semantic compounds
- Chinese terms inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan
- Chinese terms derived from Proto-Sino-Tibetan
- Mandarin terms with audio pronunciation
- Mandarin terms with multiple pronunciations
- Chinese lemmas
- Mandarin lemmas
- Sichuanese lemmas
- Cantonese lemmas
- Taishanese lemmas
- Gan lemmas
- Hakka lemmas
- Jin lemmas
- Northern Min lemmas
- Eastern Min lemmas
- Hokkien lemmas
- Teochew lemmas
- Puxian Min lemmas
- Wu lemmas
- Xiang lemmas
- Middle Chinese lemmas
- Old Chinese lemmas
- Chinese hanzi
- Mandarin hanzi
- Sichuanese hanzi
- Cantonese hanzi
- Taishanese hanzi
- Gan hanzi
- Hakka hanzi
- Jin hanzi
- Northern Min hanzi
- Eastern Min hanzi
- Hokkien hanzi
- Teochew hanzi
- Puxian Min hanzi
- Wu hanzi
- Xiang hanzi
- Middle Chinese hanzi
- Old Chinese hanzi
- Chinese nouns
- Mandarin nouns
- Sichuanese nouns
- Cantonese nouns
- Taishanese nouns
- Gan nouns
- Hakka nouns
- Jin nouns
- Northern Min nouns
- Eastern Min nouns
- Hokkien nouns
- Teochew nouns
- Puxian Min nouns
- Wu nouns
- Xiang nouns
- Middle Chinese nouns
- Old Chinese nouns
- Chinese proper nouns
- Mandarin proper nouns
- Sichuanese proper nouns
- Cantonese proper nouns
- Taishanese proper nouns
- Gan proper nouns
- Hakka proper nouns
- Jin proper nouns
- Northern Min proper nouns
- Eastern Min proper nouns
- Hokkien proper nouns
- Teochew proper nouns
- Puxian Min proper nouns
- Wu proper nouns
- Xiang proper nouns
- Middle Chinese proper nouns
- Old Chinese proper nouns
- Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Chinese terms spelled with 麥
- Hainanese Chinese
- Chinese short forms
- Chinese surnames
- Cantonese terms with usage examples
- Cantonese terms with quotations
- Japanese kanji
- Japanese hyōgai kanji
- Japanese kanji with goon reading みゃく
- Japanese kanji with kan'on reading ばく
- Japanese kanji with kun reading むぎ
- Korean lemmas
- Korean hanja
- Vietnamese lemmas
- Vietnamese Han characters
- Vietnamese Chữ Hán
- CJKV radicals