Chinese symbol for “ma”
妈
mā
Traditional: 媽
ma; mom; mother
The closest CC-CEDICT match for ma is 妈 (mā), defined as: ma; mom; mother.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 妈.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 妈妈 (媽媽) | mā ma | mama; mommy |
| 他妈的 (他媽的) | tā mā de | (taboo curse) damn it!; fucking |
| 大妈 (大媽) | dà mā | father's elder brother's wife; aunt (affectionate term for an elderly woman) |
| 老妈 (老媽) | lǎo mā | mother; mom |
| 爸妈 (爸媽) | bà mā | dad and mom |
| 妈咪 (媽咪) | mā mi | mommy (loanword) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “ma”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.