Quick answer
麦 is the kanji for "Wheat". Its reading is むぎ (mugi). This page includes example sentences and a stroke-order diagram.
Meaning
Wheat
Also : Barley
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Readings
kun = Japanese reading · on = Chinese reading
Practice writing
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Stroke Order
7 strokes
Radicals
Memory Aid
The kanji 麦 represents 'BARLEY'. Think of this shape as a picture representing the concept of barley.
On-reading: ばく — remember this sound by associating it with barley. Kun-reading: むぎ.
Example Sentences
麦秋の季節に黄金色の麦畑が広がる景色は壮観です。
むぎあきのきせつにおうごんいろのむぎはたけがひろがるけしきはそうかんです。
The sight of golden wheat fields spreading during the wheat harvest season is magnificent.
麦わら帽子をかぶって、夏の畑仕事をしました。
むぎわらぼうしをかぶって、なつのはたけしごとをしました。
Wearing a straw hat, I did summer field work.
Vocabulary using 麦
Grammar to study at this level
- [Noun] + に伴い～に伴い (ni tomonai) - Along with / In accordance with
- [Noun] + をはじめ～をはじめ (wo hajime) - Starting with / Including
- [Noun] + に応じて～に応じて (ni oujite) - According to / In response to
- [Noun] + から + [Noun] + にかけて～にかけて (ni kakete) - From...to / In the area of
- [Noun] + に限り～に限り (ni kagiri) - Limited to / Only
Last updated Jul 22, 2026
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