妈

mā

ma; mom; mother

Radical: 女 HSK 1 n pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

妈 decomposes into the following components:

女 马

Semantic component: 女; phonetic component: 马.

Words containing 妈

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 妈.

亲妈
qīn mā
你妈
nǐ mā
后妈
hòu mā
(coll.) stepmother
大妈
dà mā
father's elder brother's wife
契妈
qì mā
奶妈
nǎi mā
wet nurse
妈咪
mā mi
mommy (loanword)
妈妈
mā ma
mama
妈宝
mā bǎo
妈的
mā de
see 他媽的|他妈的[ta1 ma1 de5]
妈祖
mā zǔ
Matsu, name of a sea goddess still widely worshipped on the SE China coast and in SE Asia
姆妈
m mā
mom

Related characters (radical 女)

Characters that share the radical 女.

女 奴 奶 奸 她 奼 好 妁 如 妃 妄 妆 妇 妊 妍 妒 妓 妖 妗 妙 妝 妞 妟 妣

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