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Character #214 · The First 1000

mā

mother

ma; mom; mother

Strokes
613
TraditionalSimplified
媽 妈
Poster cell
R8
01 常用词语

Common words with

  • māma mum; mother
  • dàmā auntie (older woman); father's elder brother's wife
  • gūmā father's married sister
  • yímā mother's sister
  • lǎomā mum
  • bàmā mum and dad
02 练习纸
Character practice sheet: nine rows, each with a model box, pinyin lines and eleven practice squares
Free printable · One page

Practice writing 妈媽

Write 妈媽 in the grey model box at the start of each row and its pinyin, mā, on the lines above. Then copy it across the row, following the stroke order above.

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Nine rows of field-grid squares, 15 mm. More about this sheet
03 千字海报
Cell R8 · 28 × 36 grid

妈媽 is #214 on The First 1000 poster.

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04 问答

Quick answers

What does 妈 mean in English?
妈 (mā) means "mother": ma; mom; mother.
How do you pronounce 妈?
妈 is pronounced mā in pinyin, with the first (high, level) tone. In Zhuyin (bopomofo) it is written ㄇㄚ.
How many strokes does 妈 have?
The simplified form, 妈, has 6 strokes. The traditional form, 媽, has 13.
What is the traditional form of 妈?
The traditional form of 妈 is 媽. 妈 is the simplified form, used in mainland China and Singapore; 媽 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau.
What are common words with 妈?
Common words that use 妈 include 妈妈 (māma, mum; mother), 大妈 (dàmā, auntie (older woman); father's elder brother's wife), 姑妈 (gūmā, father's married sister), 姨妈 (yímā, mother's sister).
How common is 妈?
妈 is number 214 of the 1,000 most common Chinese characters, in cell R8 of The First 1000 poster.

Definitions and word glosses adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License), animated with Hanzi Writer.