Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 麦

麦

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Meaning

 wheat, barley, oats

Pronunciation

 mài

Explanation

 At top: growing plant bottom: up turned feet, cross-legged 夂

Mnemonic

Let the plants grow, sit down cross-legged and enjoy the wheat.

Radicals

丰 growing plant(abundant)
夂 upturned foot(upturned foot or crossed legs - do not mistake with the hand with a stick: /攴)
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Vocabulary

小麦 xiǎo mài wheat
麦当娜 Mài dāng nà Madonna (1958-), US pop singer
麦克阿瑟 Mài kè ā sè General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964), US commander in Pacific during WW2, sacked in 1951 by President Truman for exceeding orders during the Korean war
燕麦 yàn mài oats
喀麦隆 Kā mài lóng Cameroon
麦枷 mài jiā flail; to thresh (using a flail)
麦秸 mài jiē straw from barley

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