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U+9EA5, 麥
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9EA5

[U+9EA4]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+9EA6]
U+2FC6, ⿆
KANGXI RADICAL WHEAT

[U+2FC5]
Kangxi Radicals
[U+2FC7]

Translingual[edit]

Stroke order

Han character[edit]

(Kangxi radical 199, +0, 11 strokes, cangjie input 十人弓戈 (JONI), four-corner 40207, composition )

  1. Kangxi radical #199, .

Derived characters[edit]

References[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[edit]

trad.
simp. *
alternative forms

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character
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 (OC *m·rɯːɡ) + semantic (foot; to walk slowly). 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[edit]

Etymologically unrelated to (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 (OC *mrɯːɡ, “wheat”) to Proto-Tibeto-Burman *bra (buckwheat) (provisional).

Starostin (2009), on the other hand, compares (OC *mrɯːɡ, “wheat”) to Proto-Tungusic *murgi (barley), Middle Korean (milh, wheat), Old Japanese (mugi1, wheat; barley).

Pronunciation[edit]


Note: maak6 - variant.
Note:
  • măk - vernacular;
  • mĕk - literary.
Note:
  • be̍h/be̍eh - vernacular (including surname);
  • be̍k/bia̍k - literary.

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /mai⁵¹/
Harbin /mai⁵³/
Tianjin /mai⁵³/
Jinan /mei²¹/
Qingdao /me⁴²/
Zhengzhou /mɛ²⁴/
Xi'an /mei²¹/
Xining /mɨ⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /mia¹³/
/mɛ¹³/
Lanzhou /mə¹³/
Ürümqi /mai²¹³/
/mei⁴⁴/
Wuhan /mɤ²¹³/
Chengdu /me³¹/
Guiyang /mɛ²¹/
Kunming /mə³¹/
Nanjing /məʔ⁵/
Hefei /mɐʔ⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /mai⁴⁵/
Pingyao /miʌʔ⁵³/
Hohhot /miaʔ⁴³/
Wu Shanghai /maʔ¹/
Suzhou /mɑʔ³/
Hangzhou /mɑʔ²/
Wenzhou /ma²¹³/
Hui Shexian /mɛ²²/
Tunxi /ma¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /mə²⁴/
Xiangtan /mai²⁴/
Gan Nanchang /mɑʔ²/
Hakka Meixian /mak̚⁵/
Taoyuan /mɑk̚⁵⁵/
Cantonese Guangzhou /mɐk̚²/
Nanning /mɐk̚²²/
Hong Kong /mɐk̚²/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /bik̚⁵/
/beʔ⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /maʔ⁵/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /ma⁴²/
Shantou (Teochew) /beʔ⁵/
Haikou (Hainanese) /vɛ³³/

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (4)
Final () (119)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () II
Fanqie
Baxter meak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/mˠɛk̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/mᵚæk̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/mɐk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/məɨjk̚/
Li
Rong
/mɛk̚/
Wang
Li
/mæk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/mæk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
mak6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
mài
Middle
Chinese
‹ mɛk ›
Old
Chinese
/*m-rˁək/ (dialect: *m-rˁ > *mˁr-)
English wheat

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 7630
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*mrɯːɡ/

Definitions[edit]

  1. general term for wheat, barley, oats, ryes, etc.
  2. (specifically) wheat
  3. (Hainanese) corn; maize
  4. Short for 麥克風麦克风 (màikèfēng, “microphone”).
  5. Short for 麥克斯韋麦克斯韦 (Màikèsīwéi).
  6. a surname

Synonyms[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Sino-Xenic ():
  • Japanese: (ばく) (baku)
  • Korean: 맥(麥) (maek)
  • Vietnamese: mạch ()

References[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Shinjitai

Kyūjitai

Kanji[edit]

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanjikyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form )

  1. wheat

Readings[edit]

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

(eumhun 보리 (bori maek))

  1. wheat; barley

Compounds[edit]

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

: Hán Nôm readings: mạch

  1. chữ Hán form of mạch (barley).

Compounds[edit]