嘛 — Chinese character
嘛
ma
final exclamatory particle
- Pinyin
- ma
- Radical
- 30 ⼝ (Mouth)
- Strokes
- 14
- Components
- 口 麻
- Formation
- pictophonetic — mouth; meaning component 口; sound component 麻
- Japanese
- 嘛 as a kanji
Common words with 嘛
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 干嘛 (幹嘛) | gàn má | what are you doing?; whatever for? |
| 喇嘛 | lǎ ma | lama, spiritual teacher in Tibetan Buddhism |
| 喇嘛庙 (喇嘛廟) | lǎ ma miào | lamasery; temple of Tibetan Buddhism |
| 要嘛 | yào ma | either ...; or ... |
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.