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 womanThe 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 horsePicture of a running horse with the mane in the wind, four legs 灬 and the tail.
母 motherShows '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
 
妈咪 mā mi  mommy (loanword)
 


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