媽
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mā · mother, mama

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Character anatomy

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Writing notes

Shape and proportion

13Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

Keep the left side compact and leave enough room for the right side.

女Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 媽

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Example sentences

Notice where 媽 sits in each complete thought.

Wǒ bú shì nǐ mén de mā mā.我不是你們的媽媽。

I'm not your mother.

Source: Tatoeba #1946497 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā de bàba hé mā mā dōu bú zài rén shì le.他的爸爸和媽媽都不在人世了。

Both his father and mother are dead.

Source: Tatoeba #692905 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ mā mā hé wǒ wán quán bù tóng.我媽媽和我完全不同。

My mother and I are completely different.

Source: Tatoeba #1971140 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Mā de, wǒ mén lǎo le!媽的,我們老了!

Fuck, we're old!

Source: Tatoeba #1711882 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Nǐ shì wǒ de mā mī má?你是我的媽咪嗎?

Are you my mummy?

Source: Tatoeba #13533660 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ mā yāoqiú wǒ bǎ wǒ de fáng jiàn shōu shí hǎo.我媽要求我把我的房間收拾好。

My mother told me to clean the room.

Source: Tatoeba #10336096 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Turn reference into recall

How to study 媽 in context

  1. Say mā, then recall the core meaning: mother, mama.
  2. Write all 13 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 媽 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.