surname Mai

= + : Mahatma Gandhi (m) is practising an exotic dance in the airplane's bathroom (ai4). For the dance he wears nothing but a fancy headdress (龶) and high heels (夂), and he is skilfully handling two fans made out of wheat (麦).
wheat / barley / oats

= + : Mahatma Gandhi (m) is practising an exotic dance in the airplane's bathroom (ai4). For the dance he wears nothing but a fancy headdress (龶) and high heels (夂), and he is skilfully handling two fans made out of wheat (麦).

麥 character breakdown

"walk slowly" component in Chinese characters / see also 冬字頭|冬字头[dong1 zi4 tou2]

= 丿 + : Mnemonic symbol: In high heels, one can walk only slowly. James II of England (zh) is wearing high heels (夂) inside the space station's living room (Ø3). He's not only walking slowly (夂), he even slips on a banana (丿)! He's lucky to land on a boxing glove (又) though.
to press from either side / to place in between / to sandwich / to carry sth under armpit / wedged between / between / to intersperse / to mix / to mingle / clip / folder / Taiwan pr. [jia2]

= + : The mean crocodile (丷) is waiting for the bus to go to work in front of the ashram (a1). He prepared to sandwiches (夹) for lunch: One with Joan of Arc (ji) and one with a construction worker (夫).
double-layered / lined (garment)
Taiwan pr. used in 夾生|夹生[jia1 sheng1] and 夾竹桃|夹竹桃[jia1 zhu2 tao2]

Characters with 麥 as component

variant of 麵|面[mian4]
flour / noodles / (of food) soft (not crunchy) / (slang) (of a person) ineffectual / spineless
yeast / Aspergillus (includes many common molds) / Taiwan pr. [qu2]
variant of 麴|曲[qu1]
surname Qu
mark (loanword) / also pr. [ma4]
bran
surname Qu
variant of 麵|面[mian4]
pastry / cake
porridge
barley

Words with 麥

rye (Secale cereale)
corn (Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [huan-be̍h])
glutinous barley
headphones / earphones
(bird species of China) red-wattled lapwing (Vanellus indicus)
naked oat (Avena nuda)
variant of 油麥菜|油麦菜[you2 mai4 cai4]
Herman Melville (1819-1891), US novelist, author of Moby Dick 白鯨|白鲸[bai2 jing1]
(bird species of China) river lapwing (Vanellus duvaucelii)
(of two people in different locations) to sing or otherwise perform together using communications technology
General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964), US commander in Pacific during WW2, sacked in 1951 by President Truman for exceeding orders during the Korean war
corn (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [huan-be̍h])
(bird species of China) grey-headed lapwing (Vanellus cinereus)
shumai (shao mai) steamed dumpling / also written 燒賣|烧卖[shao1 mai4]

Sentences with 麥

麥 currently does not appear in any sentence.