麥 (mài)

Wheat; barley; oats.

How 麥 is written

Strokes
11
Traditional
麥
Simplified
麦

Common words using 麥

丹麥 dānmài
Denmark
全麥 quánmài
whole wheat
大麥 dàmài
barley
小麥 xiǎomài
wheat; CL:粒[li4]
油麥 yóumài
naked oat (old)
燒麥 shāomài
shumai (shao mai) steamed dumpling; also written 燒賣|烧卖[shao1 mai4]
燕麥 yànmài
oats
燕麥粥 yànmàizhōu
oatmeal; porridge
耳麥 ěrmài
headphones; earphones
蕎麥 qiáomài
buckwheat
麥克風 màikèfēng
microphone (loanword)
麥子 màizi
wheat; CL:株[zhu1]

麥 in a sentence

我早餐喜歡吃麥片。

Wǒ zǎocān xǐhuān chī màipiàn.

“I like eating oatmeal for breakfast.”

How common is 麥?

麥 is the 1,169th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 91.5% of all running text.

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