他妈
tā​mā

profanity

他 tā he

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 也 represents the sound.

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

也
也 Sound component
yě also
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartthal̥ˤaj (E dialect: *l̥ˤ- > MC th-) another

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

妈 mā, ma mother Simplified

Simplified form of 媽. Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 马 represents the sound.

Components

女
女 Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman
马
马 Sound component
mǎ horse

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

媽 mā, ma mother Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 馬 represents the sound.

Components

女
女 Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman
馬
馬 Sound component
mǎ horse

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangmaːʔ

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang