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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

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Han character

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

  1. Kangxi radical #199, .

Derived characters

References

  • 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
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Chinese

Glyph origin

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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *mrɯːɡ): phonetic (OC *m·rɯːɡ) + semantic (footprint pointing down; to walk slowly); according to Xu Shen, its meaning is "wheat". was the original character for “wheat”.

Several possible interpretations for the glyph:

  • This character is a differentiation from , which originally meant "wheat". It was then phonetically borrowed since the oracle bones to mean "to come". During the Warring States period, is attested and perhaps was coined specifically to mean "come". Eventually, since lost its original meaning, this meaning shifted to .
  • represents the ancient concept reported by Shuowen Jiezi that wheat came from the heavens (i.e., the Fertile Crescent).
  • represents growth of the wheat plant.

Etymology 1

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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 this to Proto-Tungusic *murgi (barley), Middle Korean (milh, wheat), Old Japanese (mugi1, wheat; barley).

Pronunciation


Note: maak6 - variant.
Note:
  • măk - vernacular;
  • mĕk - literary.

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Definitions

  1. general term for wheat, barley, oats, ryes, etc.
  2. (specifically) wheat
  3. (Hainanese) corn; maize
  4. a surname
    [Cantonese]   mak6 gaa1 [Jyutping]   Karl Maka (Hong Kong actor, born 嘉尚 (Mak Kar-sheung))
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Compounds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic ():
  • Vietnamese: mạch ()

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation


Definitions

  1. short for 麥克風麦克风 (màikèfēng, “microphone”)
Synonyms

Compounds

Etymology 3

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Pronunciation


Definitions

  1. short for 麥克斯韋麦克斯韦 (màikèsīwéi, “maxwell”)

Etymology 4

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From English Mc- or Mac-.

Pronunciation


Definitions

  1. Mc-; Mac-
    Synonym: 麥克 / 麦克 (Màikè)
  2. (business) Mc- (in the names of McDonald's products)
    樂雞乐鸡 [Cantonese]   mak6 lok6 gai1 [Jyutping]   McNugget

Compounds

Etymology 5

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Pronunciation


Note:
  • be̍h - vernacular;
  • be̍k/bia̍k - literary.

Definitions

  1. Used in transcription.

Compounds

Etymology 6

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Pronunciation

Definitions

  1. (Hokkien) alternative form of (mài, don't)

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Japanese

Shinjitai

Kyūjitai

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form )

  1. wheat

Readings

  • Go-on: みゃく (myaku)
  • Kan-on: ばく (baku)
  • Kun: むぎ (mugi, )

Korean

Hanja

(eumhun 보리 (bori maek))

  1. wheat; barley

Compounds

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: mạch

  1. chữ Hán form of mạch (barley)

Compounds

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