Memory phrase for the character: 妈


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Meaning mother, mom

Pronunciation

Explanation

Left: woman , right: horse (=馬 with mane, four legs and tail ㄅ)

Mnemonic


 
The woman who works as hard as a horse, is my mother.

Radicals

womanThe character for tall shows a person with outstretched arms . If you shift the lower strokes towards each other, you can get the: woman . The wider lower area can be understood as female hips?
horsesimplified from 馬
motherShows 'woman' with a longer right stroke and with two dots : that are swollen breasts of a nursing (breast-feeding) woman.
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 Vocabulary

妈妈 mā ma  mama; mommy; mother
妈妈 mā ma  mama; mommy; mother
大妈 dà mā  father's elder brother's wife; aunt (affectionate term for an elderly woman)
姨妈 yí mā  (informal) mother's sister; maternal aunt
姨妈 yí mā  
妈咪 mā mi  mommy (loanword)
妈咪 mā mi  


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