妈

See also: 媽

妈 U+5988, 妈 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5988 ← 妇 [U+5987] CJK Unified Ideographs 妉 → [U+5989]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

妈 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 女弓女一 (VNVM), four-corner 4742₇, composition ⿰女马)

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 256, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1029, character 5
• Unihan data for U+5988

Chinese

Glyph origin

Simplified from 媽 (馬 → 马).

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 妈 – see 媽 (“mom; mum: an affectionate term for a mother; etc.”). (This character, 妈, is the simplified form of 媽.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.