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Note: The simple form 麦 is attested in the 6th c. (玉篇); for similar usage of 龶 (not 主), cf. 责/責(𧵩). | Note: The simple form 麦 is attested in the 6th c. (玉篇); for similar usage of 龶 (not 主), cf. 责/責(𧵩). | ||
The Shuōwén Seal form of 麦/麥() mài ‘barley; wheat’ is said to combine 来/來() lái ‘wheat’ (phonosemantic), and 夂(夊) suī ‘late’; barley is 穗 suì ‘eared’ cereal/grain like wheat, but 埋/薶 mái buried/planted rather deep, late in the fall; at summer harvest ripe barley is golden yellow (color of peak/nourishing sunshine, and destroying fire). | The Shuōwén Seal form of 麦/麥() mài ‘barley; wheat’ is said to combine 来/來() lái ‘wheat’ (phonosemantic), and 夂(夊) suī ‘late’; barley is 穗 suì ‘eared’ cereal/grain like wheat, but 埋/薶 mái buried/planted rather deep, late in the fall; at summer harvest ripe barley is golden yellow (color of peak/nourishing sunshine, and destroying fire). | ||
| + | Note: 麦/麥 is a composite term for ‘barley/wheat’, not always clearly distinguished, but strictly, 麦 mài ‘barley’ (Hordeum; 麰/𦭷, 大麦, 牟麦, 元麦), vs. 来/來 lái ‘wheat’ (Triticum; 𥟂/䅘, 小麦); today 麦 is perhaps more commonly associated with wheat than with barley, since wheat flour is more commonly used; in 大麦 ‘barley’, 大 app. indicates the larger beard (or stronger taste, more easily cooked), vs. 小麦 smaller beard (weaker taste, harder to prepare/cook). | ||
“The 夂 slow 來 cereal” —Karlgren(AD). | “The 夂 slow 來 cereal” —Karlgren(AD). | ||
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Compare: 麦/麥() mài ‘barley; wheat; rye; oats’; 来牟/麰/𦭷 láimóu ‘wheat/barley’; 小麦 xiǎomài ‘wheat’, 大麦 dàmài ‘barley’. | Compare: 麦/麥() mài ‘barley; wheat; rye; oats’; 来牟/麰/𦭷 láimóu ‘wheat/barley’; 小麦 xiǎomài ‘wheat’, 大麦 dàmài ‘barley’. | ||
Compare: 来/來() lái ‘wheat’ (瑞麦), formerly also wr. 𥟂/䅘(麳𪎂). | Compare: 来/來() lái ‘wheat’ (瑞麦), formerly also wr. 𥟂/䅘(麳𪎂). | ||
#rW.13c K.AD594 L.189 D.7.4600.2 KX..1512.09 B.039.0.10 E.0 | #rW.13c K.AD594 L.189 D.7.4600.2 KX..1512.09 B.039.0.10 E.0 | ||
| − | # | + | #c龶夂 |
#y mahk- | #y mahk- | ||
</WL> | </WL> | ||
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