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麦

Readings

Kana: バク、むぎ
Romaji: baku, mugi
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

barley, wheat

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  7
Radical Number:  199
Frequency:  1615
Grade:  2
Skip Pattern:  2-4-3
Korean Reading:  maeg
Chinese Reading:  mai4
Unicode:  9ea6
JIS:  477E

Indexes

Halpern Index: 2408
Nelson Index: 5385
New Nelson Index: 7030
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 4i4.2
Four Corner Index: 5024.7
Guide to Remembering Index: 194
Gakken Index: 1411
Japanese Names Index: 456
Daikanwanjiten Index: 47718
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 12.0930
Remembering the kanji Index: 1533
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1020
Kodansha Compact Index: 400
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 213
Kanji in Context Index: 637
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1559
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2133
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1547
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1653
Essential Kanji Index: 816
Kodansha Kanji Index: 3061
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 1467
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 128
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 152

Words

麦 (むぎ)
wheat; barley; oat (oats)
小麦 (こむぎ)
wheat
麦芽 (ばくが)
malt
麦わら (むぎわら、ばっかん)
wheat straw; barley straw
ライ麦 (ライむぎ、ライムギ)
rye (Secale cereale)
蕎麦 (そば、そばむぎ、そまむぎ)
buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles
小麦粉 (こむぎこ)
wheat flour
大麦 (おおむぎ)
barley (Hordeum vulgare)
麦酒 (ばくしゅ)
beer
麦畑 (むぎばたけ)
wheat field; barley field; cornfield
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