mǎ, ma

(coll.) what?

Radical: 口 HSK 1 y pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

吗 decomposes into the following components:

Semantic component: ; phonetic component: .

Words containing 吗

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 吗.

吗哪
mǎ nǎ
吗啉
mǎ lín
吗啡
mǎ fēi
吗喽
ma lou
干吗
gàn má
约吗
yuē ma
不是吗
bù shì ma
不香吗
bù xiāng ma

Related characters (radical 口)

Characters that share the radical .

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