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Kanji Detail for 母 - "mother, nurturing, origin"

  • Meaning

    母 means "mother, nurturing, origin."

    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.

  • 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).
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Sentences including

  • 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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