Memory phrase for the character: 妈

妈

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Meaning

mother, mom

Pronunciation

mā

Explanation

Left: woman 女, right: horse 马 (=馬 with mane, four legs 灬 and tail ㄅ)

Mnemonic

The woman who works as hard as a horse, is my mother.

Radicals

女	woman	The character for tall 大 shows a person 人 with outstretched arms 一. If you shift the lower strokes towards each other, you can get the: woman 女. The wider lower area can be understood as female hips?
馬	horse	Picture of a running horse with the mane in the wind, four legs 灬 and the tail.
母	mother	Shows 'woman' 女 with an elongated right stroke ノ and with two dots : which are the swollen breasts of a nursing (breast-feeding) mother.

Vocabulary

妈妈	mā ma	mama; mommy; mother
妈妈	mā ma	mama; mommy; mother
大妈	dà mā	father's elder brother's wife; aunt (affectionate term for an elderly woman)
姨妈	yí mā	(informal) mother's sister; maternal aunt
姨妈	yí mā
妈咪	mā mi	mommy (loanword)
妈咪	mā mi

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