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Kanji Detail for 母 - "mother, grandmother"

母

  • Meaning

    母 means "mother, grandmother." Also associated with wet nurse.

    1. Mother - Female parent; mom.

    2. Grandmother - An elderly female relative.

    3. Wet nurse - A nursing woman.

    4. Origin - The source that produces things; the foundation.

  • Words using 母

    • 母親 ははおや Listen mother
    • お母さん おかあさん Listen mother; mom; mum
    • 父母 ふぼ Listen father and mother; parents
    • 母体 ぼたい Listen mother's body (esp. when pregnant or after giving birth); parent body; parent organization
    • 母子 ぼし Listen mother and child
    • 母国 ぼこく Listen one's home country; one's homeland
    • 祖母 そぼ Listen grandmother
    • 空母 くうぼ Listen aircraft carrier

  • Four-character idioms with 母

    • 乳母日傘 おんばひがさ Listen (bringing up a child) with greatest care pampering (him, her) with material comforts of a rich family; (being brought up) in a hothouse atmosphere
    • 孟母三遷 もうぼさんせん Listen the importance of creating an environment conducive to a child's learning
    • 良妻賢母 りょうさいけんぼ Listen good wife and wise mother

  • Origin of 母

    女 with two dots added — the nursing breasts marked in. Mother is the woman-character with the reason drawn on.

    How to remember it: The two dots tell you everything: the one who nurses. Mother.

    Sources: en.wiktionary.org · mojinavi.com

  • Tattoo check: 母

    • Verified meaning: mother, grandmother
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Also carries these associations: wet nurse

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    mother

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    mother; female elders; female

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

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

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    mother; female elders; female

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Father and mother. Those who gave birth to me. See "父" for details. | Anything from which things originate is called 母. As in denominator and numerator (分母分子), capital and interest (母財子財), and the like. | Senior female relatives are all called 母. As in paternal aunt (姑母), wife of maternal uncle (舅母). | Female birds and beasts are all called 母. Mencius says: "Five hens and two sows" (五母雞。二母彘).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    bo(ボ) ボ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    haha(はは) はは

    mo(も) も

  • Strokes

    tip

    5 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    毋 母 (nakare・hahanokan・haha)

  • Related Keywords

    mother grandmother wet nurse origin mom maternal matriarch nurturing caregiver protector foundation source

Sentences including 母

  • My mother loves music.

  • Grandmother carried the table by herself.

  • She is a reflection of her mother.

  • I saw my mother hide the cake.

  • One should love his mother.

  • My mother cleans the room.

  • My mother is dead too.

  • The girl played the baby to her mother.

  • The girl resembles her mother.

  • Father can swim , but mother cannot.

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