Chinese symbol for “maternal”
母系
mǔ xì
maternal; matriarchal
The closest CC-CEDICT match for maternal is 母系 (mǔ xì), defined as: maternal; matriarchal.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 母系.
| 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 |
| 关系 (關係) | guān xi | relation; relationship; connection; to concern; to involve; to affect |
| 系统 (系統) | xì tǒng | system; 个 (gè) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “maternal”.
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.