麻
mámā HSK3

hemp

麻 má frequency
confused nounverb
(bound form) chaotic; trivial and numerous; confused
numb adjective
to feel numb or have a tingling sensation like pins and needles

我的右手麻了。

wǒ​de yòu​shǒu má le.

My right hand is numb.

pockmarked noun
having a rough or pitted surface; marked with small spots or scars
sesame noun
(bound form) sesame; sesame seeds
mourning clothes
(bound form) traditional clothing made of hemp worn for mourning
Ma
a Chinese surname
麻 má
variant 蔴
hemp noun
generic name for hemp, flax, or other fiber crops; fibers from these plants used for textiles, ropes, or sacks
麻 mā
[descriptive]
used in specific descriptive compounds like 黑乱麻麻 hēi​luàn​mā​mā

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Frequency
Character
Written text
1,108th most common 132.2 per million
Movie subtitles
550th most common 255.4 per million appears in 69% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
9.99 per million appears in 3% of films
Written text
24.3 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 3
Strokes
11
Unicode
U+9EBB

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)