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See also:
U+5ABD, 媽
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5ABD

[U+5ABC]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5ABE]

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

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

Derived characters[edit]

Related characters[edit]

References[edit]

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

Chinese[edit]

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin[edit]

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *maːʔ): semantic + phonetic (OC *mraːʔ).

Etymology[edit]

Colloquial form of (OC *mɯʔ, “mother”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mow (woman, female).

Pronunciation[edit]


Note:
  • maa1 - mother;
  • maa4 - alternative form of (, “paternal grandmother”);
  • maa2 - maid;
  • maa5 - "Mazu", particularly in 媽祖妈祖.
  • Jin
  • Northern Min
  • Eastern Min
  • Southern Min
  • Note:
    • ma1/ma5 - "mother" or "female elder member in the family" (ma5 - more common form);
    • ma2 - "paternal grandmother" (阿媽阿妈) or "maternal grandmother" (外媽外妈).
  • Wu
  • Xiang

  • Rime
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial () (4)
    Final () (23)
    Tone (調) Rising (X)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division () I
    Fanqie
    Baxter muX
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /muoX/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /muoX/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /moX/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /mɔX/
    Li
    Rong
    /moX/
    Wang
    Li
    /muX/
    Bernard
    Karlgren
    /muoX/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    mou5
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 8725
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    0
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*maːʔ/

    Definitions[edit]

    1. mom; mum: an affectionate term for a mother
        ―  Wǒ de ya!  ―  Oh my God! [Literally: Oh my Mom!]
    2. (usually with qualifier) other older female relatives or house-servants
    3. (religion) "The Mother", an epithet of the Fujianese sea goddess Mazu (媽祖妈祖).
    4. (obsolete, hapax) mare; female horse

    Synonyms[edit]

    Compounds[edit]

    Descendants[edit]

    • Thai: ม้า (máa)

    Japanese[edit]

    Kanji[edit]

    (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

    1. mother

    Readings[edit]

    Compounds[edit]

    Korean[edit]

    Hanja[edit]

    (ma) (hangeul , revised ma, McCune–Reischauer ma)

    1. mother
    2. grandmother

    Vietnamese[edit]

    Han character[edit]

    : Hán Nôm readings: mụ, , , mợ, ma

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