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The character 麦 is a simplification of 麥, which originally formed a detailed pictograph of a wheat plant, showing a stalk with awns at the top and roots at the bottom. The top component 來 itself depicts the wheat stalk, while the bottom component represents the roots. The simplified 麦 condenses this imagery into a more abstract shape, yet retains the original meaning. It refers to wheat, barley, oats, and similar cereal grains that are staple crops in agriculture and human diets, and it functions as a semantic radical for characters linked to grain processing, flour production, and wheat cultivation.
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田里种着麦子。
我喜欢吃麦片。
我们去麦当劳吧。
他用麦克风唱歌。
麦田在阳光下金黄。
麦芽糖是一种甜食。
农民们正在收割麦子。
这家公司主要生产麦克风设备。
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