麻

See also 菻, and 厤

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

麻 (radical 200 麻+0, 11 strokes, cangjie input 戈木木 (IDD), 戈十金金 (IJCC), four-corner 0029₄, composition ⿸广林)

1. hemp, jute, flax
2. numb
3. sesame
4. pock, pockmark

Derived characters

• Index:Chinese radical/麻
• 摩 魔

See also

• 床 菻 厤 歴 暦

References

• KangXi: page 1515, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47888
• Dae Jaweon: page 2044, character 29
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4723, character 1
• Unihan data for U+9EBB

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Cantonese

Hanzi

麻 (jyutping maa4, Yale ma4)

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Hakka

Hanzi

麻 (POJ mâ, Guangdong ma², Hagfa Pinyim ma2)

References

• CCDICT (Chineselanguage.org)
• Academia Sinica - Hakka-English Dictionary
• Lau, Chun-fat. Hakka Pinyin Dictionary (Chinese). Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1997 (Chinese IME supplement) ISBN 962-201-750-9.

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Japanese

Kanji

麻 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. hemp radical

Readings

• Go'on: め (me)
• Kan'on: ば (ba)
• Kanyō'on: ま (ma)
• Kun: あさ (asa), お (o), (historical) を (wo), そ (so)
• Nanori: あ, (a) あざ, (aza), お (o)

Compounds

麻雀 (まあじゃん, mājan, “mahjong”) 麻疹 麻酔 麻痺

麻薬 大麻 胡麻 (ごま, goma, “sesame”)

Etymology 1

From Old Japanese.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /asa/

Noun

麻 (hiragana あさ, romaji asa)

1. hemp
   • c. 800: Shibunritsu Ongi (page 47)

     麻衣 阿佐衣

2. flax
3. linen

Proper noun

麻 (hiragana あさ, romaji Asa)

1. A surname.

Etymology 2

From Old Japanese.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /o/

Noun

麻 (hiragana お, romaji o, historical hiragana を)

1. The hemp or ramie plant.
2. Thread or yarn made from fibers derived from the bark of hemp or ramie stems.

Etymology 3

Possibly from an altered pronunciation of asa.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /so/

Noun

麻 (hiragana そ, romaji so)

1. Hemp.

Usage notes

Most often found in compounds.

Etymology 4

From Sinitic 麻.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ma/

Noun

麻 (hiragana ま, romaji ma)

1. The hemp plant.
2. The bark of the hemp plant.
3. Thread, yarn, or cloth made from the hemp fiber. Used in the past for mourning clothes in China.

References

• 1979 [c. 800], Hiroshi Tsukishima, Kojisho Ongi Shūsei 2: Shibunritsu Ongi (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Kyūko Shoin, ISBN 4-7629-3089-X:

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Korean

Hanja

麻
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 마 (revised: ma, McCune-Reischauer: ma, Yale: ma)

• Name (hangeul): 삼()

Compounds

• 麻擦 (마찰, machal)
• 大麻 (대마, daema)

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

麻 (pinyin má (ma2), Wade-Giles ma²)

Compounds

• 麻痹
• 麻布
• 麻袋
• 麻烦
• 麻纺
• 麻风
• 麻花, 麻花儿
• 麻将
• 麻酱
• 麻辣辣, 麻辣辣的
• 麻利
• 麻利脆
• 麻脸
• 麻乱
• 麻木
• 麻木不仁
• 麻纱
• 麻雀
• 麻绳, 麻绳儿
• 麻酥酥, 麻酥酥的
• 麻糖
• 麻衣
• 麻油
• 麻子
• 麻醉
• 麻醉剂
• 麻渣
• 麻疹
• 麻织品
• 麻爪, 麻爪儿
• 大麻

Phrase

• 麻雀虽小，五脏俱全

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Vietnamese

Han character

麻 (ma, mà, mơ)