麻 — Chinese character
麻
má
hemp, flax, sesame; numb
- Pinyin
- má
- Radical
- 200 ⿇ (Hemp)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 广 林
- Formation
- ideographic — Hemp plants 林 growing in a greenhouse 广
- Japanese
- 麻 as a kanji
Common words with 麻
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 麻烦 (麻煩) | má fan | trouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying |
| 大麻 | dà má | hemp (Cannabis sativa); cannabis |
| 麻将 (麻將) | má jiàng | mahjong; measure word: 局 (jú), 副 (fù) |
| 麻醉 | má zuì | anesthesia; to anesthetize; (fig.) to corrupt (sb's mind); to enervate; to numb the mind (to escape from harsh reality) |
| 麻木 | má mù | numb; insensitive |
| 麻雀 | má què | sparrow; (dialect) mahjong |
| 芝麻 | zhī ma | sesame (seed) |
| 麻痹 (麻痺) | má bì | paralysis; palsy |
| 麻辣 | má là | hot and numbing |
| 亚麻 (亞麻) | yà má | flax |
| 麻衣 | má yī | hemp garment |
| 麻布 | má bù | sackcloth |
English words written with 麻
麻 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 1 · Mencius 1 · Zhuangzi 1
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.