燕えん麦ばく

also: エンばく · エンバク

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Meanings

noun

oats; oat (Avena sativa)

Refers to the cereal plant or its grains. Used in food, feed, and agricultural contexts.

朝ちょう食しょくに燕えん麦ばくのお粥かゆを食たべる。
I eat oatmeal for breakfast.
この畑はたけでは燕えん麦ばくを栽さい培ばいしている。
They grow oats in this field.

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Kanji

麦barley, wheat
燕swallow (bird)

Related words

オートミール
オートミール refers specifically to oatmeal as a food product, while 燕麦 is the grain or plant itself.
麦むぎ
麦 is a general term for barley, wheat, oats, and similar grains. 燕麦 specifies oats.

Written forms

燕えん麦ばくUsage80%
Standard kanji spelling for oats.
エンバクUsage20%
kana-only spelling
Katakana spelling; common in botanical or agricultural contexts.
えん麦ばく
Mixed kanji-kana spelling; common in everyday writing.
エン麦ばく
Mixed katakana-kanji spelling; sometimes used for emphasis or in technical contexts.
エンばく

Etymology

The kanji 燕 (swallow, as in the bird) and 麦 (wheat/barley) combine to mean 'swallow wheat', possibly from the resemblance of the oat grains to a swallow's tail or from an old Chinese name. The reading えんばく is the on'yomi of the kanji.