懂中文 Dong Chinese

妈

mā

mother

Simplified form of 媽. Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 马 represents the sound.

Components
女 meaning component

女  Meaning component

nǚ, rǔ

  

woman

马 sound component

马  Sound component

mǎ

  

horse

Evolution

妈 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
妈 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

妈 (媽) 

mā

mother, mama; ma; mom; mother

Most common words with 妈
Freq.
Word
Meaning

妈妈

mama

妈

ma

他妈的

fucking

姨妈

maternal aunt

妈咪

mommy (loanword)