Read Edit View history Discussion 妈 mā HSK1 mother Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 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