媽

See also 妈

Translingual

Etymology

Radical: 女 + Phonetic: 馬

Han character

媽 (radical 38 女+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 女尸手火 (VSQF), four-corner 4142₇, composition ⿰女馬)

1. mother, mama

References

• KangXi: page 268, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6590
• Dae Jaweon: page 535, character 40
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1070, character 12
• Unihan data for U+5ABD

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Cantonese

Hanzi

媽 (simplified 妈, jyutping maa1, maa2, maa5, Yale ma1, ma2, ma5)

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Japanese

Kanji

媽

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Readings

• On: ぼ (bo), も (mo)
• Kun: はは (haha)

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Korean

Hanja

媽 (hangeul 마, revised ma, McCune-Reischauer ma)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

媽 (simplified 妈, pinyin mā (ma1), Wade-Giles ma¹)

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Compounds

• (vulgar) 他媽的

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Vietnamese

Han character

媽 (mụ, má, mã, mợ, ma)

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