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The character 麦, meaning wheat, originates from its traditional form 麥, which is structurally composed of 來 positioned above 夊; the component 來 initially represented the wheat plant itself, but it was phonetically borrowed to denote the verb "to come", leading to the addition of 夊, often associated with descending motion, to create a dedicated character for wheat. This etymological shift ensured that 麥 consistently referred to wheat, a meaning retained in the simplified form 麦, which presents a condensed version of the original graphical components.
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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。