Read Edit View history Discussion 吗 mamámǎ HSK1 final interrogative particle Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 马 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas ma ×má × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 嗎 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 吗 Simp strokes 吗 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 吗 Simp strokes 吗 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 吗 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 118, 561 ], [ 149, 534 ], [ 155, 515 ], [ 192, 300 ] ], [ [ 182, 554 ], [ 194, 548 ], [ 313, 585 ], [ 340, 569 ], [ 349, 559 ], [ 327, 439 ], [ 304, 428 ] ], [ [ 211, 356 ], [ 228, 374 ], [ 293, 392 ], [ 342, 396 ], [ 365, 390 ] ], [ [ 453, 731 ], [ 509, 728 ], [ 575, 749 ], [ 688, 770 ], [ 721, 752 ], [ 736, 735 ], [ 715, 644 ], [ 695, 481 ], [ 687, 449 ], [ 671, 422 ] 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595 Q 237 577 171 557 C 142 548 155 520 184 529 Q 206 536 276 556 Q 301 563 308 553 Q 317 547 297 415 C 293 385 345 382 349 412 Z", "M 208 350 Q 247 363 363 381 Q 373 382 374 392 Q 374 399 349 412 L 297 415 Q 296 415 294 414 Q 243 395 203 384 C 174 376 179 341 208 350 Z", "M 701 420 Q 720 441 740 634 Q 750 689 786 724 Q 804 743 786 757 Q 765 773 710 795 Q 695 804 637 784 Q 621 784 537 758 Q 494 745 466 740 Q 448 739 446 733 Q 442 727 461 717 Q 497 701 519 709 Q 561 725 658 743 Q 674 744 682 742 Q 698 735 694 683 Q 675 493 662 453 Q 656 426 666 414 C 676 386 688 393 701 420 Z", "M 666 414 Q 617 408 544 393 Q 519 389 519 409 Q 522 580 535 609 Q 542 627 534 639 Q 516 657 489 668 Q 470 675 461 666 Q 454 660 463 648 Q 484 602 466 414 Q 463 396 459 378 Q 453 356 469 341 Q 490 326 512 340 Q 551 368 668 383 Q 785 407 810 383 Q 823 370 807 326 Q 800 251 788 172 Q 781 111 754 72 Q 747 60 722 62 Q 682 75 646 86 Q 630 90 631 83 Q 631 77 640 69 Q 704 11 727 -29 Q 736 -51 755 -40 Q 824 -4 836 75 Q 855 181 868 298 Q 875 338 895 370 Q 908 388 896 401 Q 877 422 838 444 Q 816 456 786 443 Q 746 425 707 421 Q 703 421 701 420 L 666 414 Z", "M 527 194 Q 659 215 748 210 Q 769 209 774 217 Q 780 229 768 239 Q 740 261 701 275 Q 688 279 667 270 Q 412 213 281 202 Q 268 201 268 191 Q 268 181 286 169 Q 301 159 329 151 Q 339 148 354 156 Q 363 160 405 169 Q 459 184 527 194 Z" ] } 6 strokes Historical Pronunciations No items. + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.