Radical
Strokes
7
Residual strokes
0
Mandarin
mài
Teochew

Glyph

Radical
Residual strokes
0 strokes
Strokes
7 strokes
Mandarin
mài

Definitions by reading

bhêh8
Mandarin equivalent mài
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng bhêh8 Chenghai bhêh8 Jieyang bhêh8 Raoping bhêh8 Shantou bhêh8
草本植物,分大麦、小麦等多种。子实磨面供食用。通常专指小麦
潮汕十八音字典(杨扬发) - 2001

GuangyunPhonological reconstruction

1
明母 二等 口 耕韵 入声 莫獲切
Reconstruction:
Original

白虎通曰:「麥,金也。金王而生,火王而死。」又,姓。隋有將軍麥鐵杖,嶺南人。俗作麦,莫獲切。八。