Chinese Character 妈 Meanings and components.

Form

妈

Meaning

妈 meaning[3] in English

Ma.

Mom.

Mother.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 妈 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are female (女) , and surname Ma (马)

Its radical[1] is: 女 (nv3) which means: Female, Woman, Daughter, .女nv3female

In cangjie it is written with VNVM

How to write 妈

To write妈ma1ma you should write a combination of 女nv3female , 马ma3surname Ma arranged in a 吅 shape:

女 + 马 = 妈

妈 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 妈 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 妈, looks as follow:

妈
Pinyin:ma1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Ma . Mom . Mother
女
Pinyin:nv3
Meaning[3]: Female . Woman . Daughter
马
Pinyin:ma3
Meaning[3]: Surname Ma . Abbr. For Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 Lai2 Xi1 Ya4]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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