母 — Chinese character
母
mǔ
mother; female elders; female
- Pinyin
- mǔ
- Radical
- 80 ⽏ (Do Not)
- Strokes
- 5
- Formation
- ideographic — A mother's breasts
- Japanese
- 母 as a kanji
Common words with 母
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 母亲 (母親) | mǔ qīn | mother |
| 父母 | fù mǔ | father and mother; parents |
| 字母 | zì mǔ | letter (of the alphabet); 个 (gè) |
| 航母 | háng mǔ | aircraft carrier (abbr. for 航空母舰 (háng kōng mǔ jiàn)) |
| 圣母 (聖母) | shèng mǔ | goddess |
| 祖母 | zǔ mǔ | father's mother; paternal grandmother |
| 母语 (母語) | mǔ yǔ | native language; mother tongue |
| 母乳 | mǔ rǔ | breast milk |
| 母子 | mǔ zǐ | mother and child; parent and subsidiary (companies) |
| 母女 | mǔ nǚ | mother and daughter; mother-daughter |
| 继母 (繼母) | jì mǔ | stepmother |
| 母体 (母體) | mǔ tǐ | (zoology, medicine) mother's body; (chemistry etc) parent |
English words written with 母
母 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 7 · Analects 10 · I Ching 2 · Mencius 47 · Zhuangzi 23 · Great Learning 2 · Doctrine of the Mean 2
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 1
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 20
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 25
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 52
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 59
- Analects 1.7
- Analects 2.6
- Analects 4.18
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