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

Tracy McGrady (1979-), former NBA player
maltose (sweet syrup)
straw from barley or wheat
Manama, capital of Bahrain (Tw)
Manama, capital city of Bahrain
harvest season
Maiji district of Tianshui city 天水市[Tian1 shui3 shi4], Gansu
Maiji district of Tianshui city 天水市[Tian1 shui3 shi4], Gansu
Mekit nahiyisi (Makit county) in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區|喀什地区[Ka1 shi2 di4 qu1], west Xinjiang
Mekit nahiyisi (Makit county) in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區|喀什地区[Ka1 shi2 di4 qu1], west Xinjiang
Mt Maiji Caves at Tianshui 天水, Gansu

Sentences with 麥

麥 currently does not appear in any sentence.