Quick answer
麦 is the kanji for "Wheat / Barley". A common reading is むぎ (mugi). You can practice writing it on this page.
Meaning
Wheat / Barley
Also : Wheat · Barley
Readings
kun = Japanese reading · on = Chinese reading
Practice writing
Trace the kanji stroke by stroke with a visual guide.
Memory Aid
The kanji 麦 represents 'BARLEY'. Think of this shape as a picture representing the concept of barley.
On-reading: ばく — remember this sound by associating it with barley. Kun-reading: むぎ.
Example Sentences
麦秋の季節に黄金色の麦畑が広がる景色は壮観です。
むぎあきのきせつにおうごんいろのむぎはたけがひろがるけしきはそうかんです。
The sight of golden wheat fields spreading during the wheat harvest season is magnificent.
麦わら帽子をかぶって、夏の畑仕事をしました。
むぎわらぼうしをかぶって、なつのはたけしごとをしました。
Wearing a straw hat, I did summer field work.
Vocabulary using 麦
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