爸妈 bàmā parents Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 爸 bà, ba father Phonosemantic compound. 父 represents the meaning and 巴 represents the sound. Components 父 父 Meaning component fù father 巴 巴 Sound component ba, bā to wish Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangpraːsbaʔ Sources Character origin 漢語多功能字庫Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang 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 ChineseZhengzhangmaːʔ Sources Character origin 漢語多功能字庫Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang