麥

Derived characters

 * Appendix:Chinese radical/麥

Glyph origin
. was the original character for “wheat”. Several possible interpretations:
 * This character originally meant “to come”. Because the simpler was commonly used for this (borrowed) sense, its original meaning (“wheat”) switched with.
 * represents the ancient concept that wheat came from the heavens.
 * represents growth of the wheat plant.

Etymology
Etymologically unrelated to. suggests it is from and cognate with 🇨🇬; also compare 🇨🇬. STEDT compares to 🇨🇬  (provisional).

, on the other hand, compares to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Definitions

 * 1)  wheat
 * 2)  corn; maize
 * 1)  corn; maize

Kanji

 * 1) wheat

Hanja

 * 1) wheat; barley

Compounds

 * 麥酒 (맥주)