wheat; CL:粒[li4]
小 (xiǎo) · 3 strokes
Depicts three small dots, representing the meaning "small". Originally the same character as 少. The small dots possibly represent grains of sand (沙).
麦 (Mài) · 7 strokes
Simplified form of 麥. The top component 來 depicts a stalk of wheat. The bottom component depicts roots.