Chinese Character Wiki
母

mǔ

mother

Pictograph of a woman kneeling, with two dots representing the two nipples that mothers use to feed their young.

Evolution

母 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
母 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
母 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
母 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
母 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

母  

mǔ

mother; female elders; female; elderly female relative; origin; source; (of animals) female

Most common words with 母
Freq.
Word
Meaning

母亲

mother

父母

parents

母

mother

字母

letter (of the alphabet)

祖母

father's mother

Component uses

Sound component in 5 characters (1 verified)

姆 拇 呣 坶 鉧

Iconic component in 2 characters (2 verified)

后 每

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*məʔ (? or *mˤoʔ)

muwX

mǔ

mother


Statistics

HSK level 6

Appears in 66.1861% of movies

443rd most common character in movies

565th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

5

Unicode

U+6BCD

Shuowen

“母，牧也。从女，象褱子形。一曰象乳子也。”


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