Read Edit View history 妈 mā HSK1 mother Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Simplified form of 媽. Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 马 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas mā ×ma × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 媽 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 妈 Simp strokes 妈 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 妈 Simp strokes 妈 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 妈 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 267, 778 ], [ 292, 759 ], [ 313, 726 ], [ 259, 427 ], [ 216, 272 ], [ 232, 251 ], [ 345, 176 ], [ 396, 133 ], [ 420, 84 ] ], [ [ 361, 514 ], [ 391, 489 ], [ 398, 476 ], [ 372, 322 ], [ 332, 223 ], [ 304, 179 ], [ 267, 138 ], [ 202, 87 ], [ 149, 62 ] ], [ [ 61, 409 ], [ 111, 389 ], [ 161, 407 ], [ 335, 450 ], [ 355, 465 ] ], [ [ 473, 714 ], [ 518, 709 ], [ 701, 753 ], [ 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672 814 706 Q 832 725 814 739 Q 795 755 740 777 Q 725 784 665 766 Q 644 766 561 741 Q 515 728 486 723 Q 470 722 467 716 Q 463 712 481 700 Q 515 684 536 693 Q 581 709 685 728 Q 703 729 710 727 Q 726 720 721 671 Q 703 490 691 453 Q 682 426 698 409 C 709 388 709 388 723 412 Z", "M 698 409 Q 652 403 585 389 Q 561 385 561 405 Q 564 567 580 605 Q 586 621 579 632 Q 563 648 539 659 Q 523 666 514 658 Q 507 654 515 642 Q 533 603 514 412 Q 510 396 506 378 Q 500 359 514 343 Q 533 327 552 339 Q 571 352 610 360 Q 691 379 776 385 Q 807 386 819 374 Q 829 362 816 321 Q 807 252 793 179 Q 784 124 758 87 Q 748 75 724 78 Q 690 87 662 94 Q 646 98 647 91 Q 647 85 656 78 Q 710 27 729 -8 Q 738 -27 756 -18 Q 820 18 834 88 Q 855 185 871 294 Q 878 330 898 360 Q 911 376 899 388 Q 883 409 847 430 Q 826 442 798 430 Q 762 417 729 413 Q 725 413 723 412 L 698 409 Z", "M 425 224 Q 412 223 409 214 Q 405 204 421 192 Q 463 162 505 178 Q 625 218 752 238 Q 770 239 770 248 Q 771 261 752 270 Q 724 283 701 277 Q 509 234 425 224 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.