母

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Han character 1.1.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Etymology 1 3.1.1 Noun 3.2 Etymology 2 3.2.1 Noun 3.2.2 Noun 3.2.3 Noun 3.2.4 Noun 3.3 Etymology 3 3.3.1 Noun 3.3.2 Usage notes 3.4 Kanji 3.4.1 Readings 3.4.2 Compounds 3.4.3 Usage notes 3.5 See also 3.6 References 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi 5.1.1 Compounds 6 Vietnamese 6.1 Han character

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Han character

母 (radical 80 毋+1, 5 strokes, cangjie input 田卜戈 (WYI), four-corner 7750₀)

1. mother
2. female elders
3. female

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 588, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16723
• Dae Jaweon: page 980, character 32
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2380, character 3
• Unihan data for U+6BCD

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

母 (Yale mou5)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Etymology 1

Japanese /h/ has undergone a number of phonological changes. Originally pronounced [papa], gradually changed to [ɸaɸa]. Medial /-ɸ-/ changes to [w]: [ɸawa]. Had this form persisted, it would have become *[hawa]. However, likely due to spelling influence, the earlier [ɸaɸa] resurfaced around the 16th century. Finally, [ɸ] > [h] resulting in [haha].

[edit] Noun

母 (hiragana はは, romaji haha)

1. (humble) mother
   • 934-938: Wamyō Ruijushō (book 1 page 116)

   母 尔雅云、母爲妣、卑履反、去聲之重、和名波々、日本紀私記云、以路波

[edit] Etymology 2

/iro2ha/. iro means "same mother" and is also seen in iroe and irose "siblings from the same mother". ha is likely from haha "mother".

[edit] Noun

母 (hiragana いろは, romaji iroha)

1. mother
   • 934-938: Wamyō Ruijushō (book 1 page 116)

   母 尔雅云、母爲妣、卑履反、去聲之重、和名波々、日本紀私記云、以路波

[edit] Noun

母 (hiragana あも, romaji amo)

1. mother

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母 (hiragana おも, romaji omo)

1. mother

[edit] Noun

母 (hiragana かか, romaji kaka)

1. a childish term for a mother; mommy, mummy

[edit] Etymology 3

See Etymology 1 for details.

[edit] Noun

母 (hiragana はわ, romaji hawa, historical hiragana はは)

1. mother

[edit] Usage notes

This is used when speaking to someone else about one's own mother. There are variations that can be directed as speaking to one's mother that are more formal, respectful or distant, such as 母上, wherein the 上 means above.

[edit] Kanji

母 (grade 2 kanji)

[edit] Readings

• On: ぼ (bo), ぼう (bō), も (mo)
• Kun: はは (haha)

[edit] Compounds

• 酵母 (kōbo)
• 母語 (ぼご, bogo)
• 母星

[edit] Usage notes

In isolation, the character 母 has 5 strokes in modern Japanese – it is not simplified. However in compounds, such as 毎 or 海, it is simplified to 4 strokes, as 毋, which is however not used in isolation.

[edit] See also

• 父

[edit] References

• Minamoto, Shitagō; Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu [931-938] (1968). Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese). Kyōto: Rinsen. ISBN 4-653-00507-9.

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

母
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 모 (revised: mo, McCune-Reischauer: mo, Yale: mo)

• Name (hangeul): 어미 (revised: eomi, McCune-Reischauer: ŏmi, Yale: emi)

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

母 (pinyin mǔ (mu3), Wade-Giles mu³)

[edit] Compounds

• 酵母 (xiào mǔ)

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[edit] Vietnamese

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母 (mẫu, mẹ)