When the formation data identifies 麥 / 麦 as semantic, the relevant character record states that role.
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Semantic role Phonetic role Radical classification
麥
Radical 199 of 214 · 11 strokes
Wheat
mài · forms 麥 / 麦
Unicode uses 麥 as a Kangxi radical category. Its reference meaning is wheat, barley, oats; Kangxi radical 199. The relationship to an individual character may be semantic, historical, or primarily classificatory.
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Semantic–phonetic characters identify the component associated with historical pronunciation.
The primary dictionary radical is shown independently of any claim about modern meaning.
Character index
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麵miànface; surface, side; plane, dimensionDetails+
semantic–phonetic
Formation: Phonosemantic compound. 麥 represents the meaning and 面 represents the sound.
- 麥Semantic componentwheat
- 面Phonetic componentface; side; surface; (simp.) noodles
- Category radical
- 麥 wheat
- Visual structure
- 麥 + 面
HSK words with 麵2 words in this course
麦màiwheat, barley, oatsDetails+
formation note
Formation: Simplified form of 麥. The top component 來 is a pictograph of wheat. It is unclear why the foot component (夂) was added to the character for "wheat".
- 來Phonetic componentcome
- 夂Role unclear(foot); stop
- Category radical
- 麦 wheat
- Visual structure
- 龶 + 夂
HSK words with 麦2 words in this course
麥màiwheat, barley, oatsDetails+
formation note
Formation: The top component 來 is a pictograph of wheat. It is unclear why the foot component (夂) was added to the character for "wheat".
- 來Phonetic componentcome
- 夂Role unclear(foot); stop
- Category radical
- 麥 wheat
- Visual structure
- 來 + 夂
HSK words with 麥2 words in this course
Classification: Unicode 17.0 kRSUnicode. Structure: Make Me a Hanzi. Formation: Dong Chinese Lexicon where available, with a documented Make Me a Hanzi fallback. Method and licenses.