Radical 199

麥 麦
198 ⿅ ◄	199	► ⿇ 200
Pinyin :	mài (= wheat, grain)
Zhuyin :	ㄇ ㄞ ˋ
Hiragana :	む ぎ mugi
Kanji :	麦 繞 bakunyô
Hangul :	보리
Sinocorean :	맥
Codepoint :	U + 9EA5 9EA6
Stroke sequence :

Radical 199 , meaning " wheat , grain ", is one of six of the 214 traditional radicals in Chinese writing that are written with eleven strokes.

With 12 character combinations in Mathews' Chinese-English Dictionary, there are only a few characters that can be found under this radical in the lexicon.

Radical wheat only occupies 199th position in the long - character list of traditional radicals , which consists of 214 radicals.

The symbol for wheat shows a shaggy plant. On the oracle bones , the sign already took its shape. In 1958, a simplified form with just seven strokes was introduced. (Abbreviation: 麦).

The pictogram for wheat is made up of two parts: at the top it shows the full ears of wheat hanging down, and at the bottom there is the sign “ progress ”. It is the ripening wheat. The radical is also used for barley . With the sign “ shell ” one forms the “ bran ”. “ Wheat ” and “ autumn ” result in an expression that is used in the sense of “ school holidays ”. During the harvest season in autumn, schools in rural areas are closed because students have to help. In order to write the “ harvest ” one has to add “ absorb ” to the radical .

The original meaning of 麦 (mai) is to come, which becomes clear in the components of the oracle bones and seal script form, which consist of 来 (lai) and the foot 止 (= 足 zu). 来 (lai = to come) originally looked like an ear of wheat and also meant wheat, barley. Today, however, the meaning is just the opposite: 麦 (mai = grain) and 来 (lai = to come). The signs ruled by 麦 (mai) are in the grain meaning field such as 麸 (fu = wheat bran). Overall, however, the radical 麦 (mai) is not subject to many signs, not even the flour: 面 (mian). However, this is a result of the shortening of Chinese characters. The flour was originally subject to the grain. In order to shorten this sign, the bearer of the meaning was sacrificed here and the bearer of the sound 面 (mian) was retained. Since 面 (mian) alone also means face, the same sign applies today to flour and side.

Spelling variant of the radical: 麦

Character combinations ruled by Radical 199

Ears of wheat

Strokes	character
+ 00	麥 麦
+ 03	麧
+ 04	麨 麩 麪 麫 麸
+ 05	麬 麭 麮
+ 06	麯 麰
+ 07	麱 麲
+ 08	麳 麴 麹 麺
+ 09	麵
+11	麶
+18	麷

In the Unicode block Kangxi radicals the radical 199 is coded under the code point number 12.230 (U + 2FC6).

literature

• Edoardo Fazzioli : Painted Words. 214 Chinese characters - from picture to concept . Marixverlag, Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-937715-34-7 , p. 204 .

For detailed references, see List of Traditional Radicals: Literature

Web links

Commons : Radikal 199  - Graphic representations of Radikal 199

• Xiù cai.oai.de (PDF; 1.72 MB) Explanation of Radikal 199 on page 126