姆
mmǔ HSK7

woman looking after children

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approved by Peter Olson · Nov 16, 2021, 05:21 PM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Nov 16, 2021, 05:21 PM

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Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 母 represents the sound.

Components

女
女 Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman
母
母 Sound component
mǔ mother

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartmuwXməʔ female teacher in harem

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart