ま

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Syllable 2 Japanese 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Hiragana character 2.2.1 Related terms 2.3 Noun

[edit] Translingual

The Hiragana script
あぁ	かゕが	さざ	ただ	な	はばぱ	ま	やゃ	ら	わゎ	ん
いぃ	きぎ	しじ	ちぢ	に	ひびぴ	み		り	ゐ
うぅゔ	くぐ	すず	つっづ	ぬ	ふぶぷ	む	ゆゅ	る
えぇ	けゖげ	せぜ	てで	ね	へべぺ	め		れ	ゑ
おぉ	こご	そぞ	とど	の	ほぼぽ	も	よょ	ろ	を
Additional symbols ーゝゞゟ
ま Unicode: U+307EKatakana: マHepburn romanization: maNihon-shiki romanization: maPolivanov cyrillization: маJapanese braille: ⠵

[edit] Syllable

ま

1. The hiragana syllable at ま行あ段 (row MA, section A) in a gojūon table.

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[edit] Japanese

Stroke order

[edit] Etymology

Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 末 in the cursive sōsho style.

[edit] Hiragana character

ま (romaji ma)

1. The /ma/ syllable.
2. The thirty-first character in the gojūon ordering of hiragana. The previous character is ほ and the next character is み. The equivalent katakana character is マ.

[edit] Related terms

• For a list of words starting with ま (ma) see: Special:Allpages/ま

[edit] Noun

ま (romaji ma)

1. 魔: demon, devil, evil spirit, evil influence
2. 間: space, timing