Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 麦

麦

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Meaning

 wheat, barley

Pronunciation

 BAKU
mugi

Explanation

 Top: growing plant (variation of live 生), bottom: turned feet (a person who is stitting cross-legged) 夂

Mnemonic

Let the plants grow, cross your legs and enjoy the wheat.

Radicals

麦 barley, wheat
growing plant
夂 crossed legs(This radical is understood as sitting with crossed legs or upturned foot.)
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Vocabulary

小麦 こむぎ wheat
麦 むぎ wheat, barley
麦芽 ばくが malt
焼き蕎麦 やきそば Yaki-Soba (fried buckwheat noodles)
蕎麦 そば soba (buckwheat noodles)

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