妈咪 māmi mommy Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 妈 mā, ma mother Simplified 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 咪 mī, miē, mǎi sound of cat Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 米 represents the sound. Components 口 口 Meaning component kǒu, kou mouth 米 米 Sound component mǐ rice Sources 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