Read Edit View history 母 mǔ HSK3 mother Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pictograph of a woman kneeling, with two dots representing the two nipples that mothers use to feed their young. Pinyin Separate values with commas mǔ × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components No items. + Add component Stroke Data 母 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 325, 759 ], [ 357, 704 ], [ 347, 591 ], [ 306, 420 ], [ 236, 214 ], [ 285, 207 ], [ 406, 219 ], [ 532, 221 ], [ 735, 209 ], [ 796, 196 ], [ 860, 155 ] ], [ [ 394, 731 ], [ 411, 719 ], [ 546, 750 ], [ 643, 764 ], [ 668, 756 ], [ 701, 720 ], [ 686, 358 ], [ 669, 235 ], [ 637, 104 ], [ 611, 43 ], [ 592, 16 ], [ 561, 28 ], [ 490, 73 ] ], [ [ 444, 653 ], [ 512, 606 ], [ 536, 566 ] ], [ [ 71, 433 ], [ 123, 422 ], [ 383, 456 ], [ 838, 490 ], [ 897, 484 ], [ 947, 468 ] ], [ [ 424, 390 ], [ 491, 339 ], [ 513, 307 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 383 734 Q 331 780 318 769 Q 311 759 310 746 Q 346 674 296 470 Q 295 466 293 461 L 284 426 Q 242 282 195 236 Q 174 215 217 167 Q 226 157 242 165 Q 315 201 494 201 Q 602 204 630 195 L 690 185 Q 763 172 831 147 Q 855 137 866 141 Q 879 145 871 166 Q 862 188 808 229 Q 789 245 699 237 L 639 237 Q 455 243 291 233 Q 269 230 276 249 Q 307 352 332 433 L 341 465 Q 369 568 381 627 Q 387 669 396 696 C 402 719 402 719 383 734 Z", "M 723 506 Q 727 671 740 705 Q 755 729 743 737 Q 736 750 676 788 Q 660 801 611 783 Q 529 762 383 734 C 354 728 367 689 396 696 Q 408 697 423 702 Q 618 756 646 731 Q 662 724 663 692 Q 664 586 664 498 L 662 456 Q 659 333 639 237 L 630 195 Q 596 78 572 59 Q 565 55 531 67 Q 506 77 490 83 Q 477 86 480 73 Q 483 64 502 50 Q 544 7 563 -26 Q 594 -56 614 -36 Q 657 19 690 185 L 699 237 Q 708 276 721 457 L 723 506 Z", "M 463 611 Q 485 589 510 562 Q 522 549 537 548 Q 547 548 553 561 Q 557 574 551 604 Q 547 622 519 636 Q 458 663 440 659 Q 436 655 436 643 Q 439 633 463 611 Z", "M 721 457 Q 785 458 857 455 Q 947 452 954 461 Q 960 474 943 489 Q 885 537 810 519 Q 770 513 723 506 L 664 498 Q 589 491 500 480 Q 424 473 341 465 L 293 461 Q 187 454 74 443 Q 52 442 68 423 Q 83 407 101 401 Q 123 394 141 399 Q 210 415 284 426 L 332 433 Q 378 440 428 444 Q 525 456 662 456 L 721 457 Z", "M 429 361 Q 477 301 507 288 Q 522 284 531 297 Q 538 309 536 325 Q 524 374 444 397 L 443 398 Q 427 402 418 400 Q 411 399 413 387 Q 414 375 429 361 Z" ] } 5 strokes 母 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 318, 761 ], [ 358, 707 ], [ 350, 624 ], [ 237, 232 ], [ 245, 206 ], [ 728, 209 ], [ 796, 197 ], [ 870, 152 ] ], [ [ 383, 723 ], [ 650, 764 ], [ 705, 713 ], [ 675, 279 ], [ 633, 90 ], [ 582, 7 ], [ 486, 75 ] ], [ [ 444, 649 ], [ 549, 558 ] ], [ [ 420, 396 ], [ 525, 297 ] ], [ [ 68, 435 ], [ 126, 422 ], [ 807, 489 ], [ 951, 471 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M383,734C348,765 327,776 318,769C312,765 307,755 310,746C330,681 321,571 293,461C287,438 287,438 284,426C259,330 226,267 195,236C180,223 188,199 217,167C222,161 231,160 242,165C361,198 549,204 630,193C670,188 670,188 690,185C738,179 785,165 831,147C847,141 858,139 866,141C874,144 876,153 871,166C865,181 824,218 808,229C794,239 759,237 699,237C659,237 659,237 639,237C516,237 400,241 291,233C276,232 271,237 276,249C297,318 316,379 332,433C338,454 338,454 341,465C360,534 373,588 381,627C385,655 390,678 396,696C401,708 394,726 383,734Z", "M723,506C727,616 729,684 740,705C748,722 749,730 743,737C736,745 715,762 676,788C664,796 644,793 611,783C556,767 480,753 383,734C370,731 383,694 396,696C404,697 412,700 423,702C552,739 625,746 646,731C655,725 662,714 663,692C664,622 666,557 664,498C663,470 663,470 662,456C659,413 652,301 639,237C633,209 633,209 630,195C612,116 588,72 572,59C567,56 553,59 531,67C514,74 500,80 490,83C481,86 477,82 480,73C481,67 490,61 502,50C531,23 547,-6 563,-26C580,-48 601,-50 614,-36C643,0 670,74 690,185C696,220 696,220 699,237C703,264 718,407 721,457C722,490 722,490 723,506Z", "M463,611C477,597 493,581 510,562C518,554 526,549 537,548C543,548 549,553 553,561C556,570 555,585 551,604C548,617 537,628 519,636C478,655 451,664 440,659C436,658 434,651 436,643C436,637 447,627 463,611Z", "M429,361C462,322 486,296 507,288C516,285 525,289 531,297C535,305 538,315 536,325C528,358 496,381 444,397C436,400 425,402 418,400C413,400 411,396 413,387C413,380 420,372 429,361Z", "M721,457C763,458 808,457 857,455C916,453 950,455 954,461C958,470 954,480 943,489C915,512 885,525 852,524C808,523 762,512 723,506C684,501 684,501 664,498C552,483 444,474 341,465C309,462 309,462 293,461C222,456 149,450 74,443C59,442 56,436 68,423C87,403 114,393 141,399C186,411 234,419 284,426C316,431 316,431 332,433C442,450 564,455 662,456C701,457 701,457 721,457Z" ] } 5 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + 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.