mài

wheat

How it’s built

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".

sound

come — Also serves as an iconic component.

component

(foot); stop — 夂 is a component form of 止. The purpose of this component is unclear.

Appears in

Characters that use 麦 as a component, most common first.