嗎

See also: 吗

嗎	U+55CE, 嗎 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-55CE

← 嗍
[U+55CD]

CJK Unified Ideographs

嗏 →
[U+55CF]

Translingual

Han character

嗎 (radical 30 口+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 口尸手火 (RSQF), four-corner 6102₇, composition ⿰口馬)

Derived characters

𭚜, 𡁉

Related characters

吗 (Simplified Chinese)

References

KangXi: page 202, character 21
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4065
Dae Jaweon: page 425, character 2
Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 664, character 10
Unihan data for U+55CE

Chinese

trad.		嗎
simp.		吗

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲) : semantic 口 (“mouth; colloquial”) + phonetic 馬.

Etymology 1

From 無 (OC *ma, “not”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ma (ma⁵)

(Zhuyin): ˙ㄇㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maa¹, maa³
Min Nan (POJ): ma / --ma

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: ma
  - Zhuyin: ˙ㄇㄚ
  - Wade–Giles: ma⁵
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: .mha
  - IPA ^(key): /ma̠/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: maa¹, maa³
  - Yale: mā, ma
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maa¹, maa³
  - Guangdong Romanization: ma¹, ma³
  - IPA ^(key): /mɑː⁵⁵/, /mɑː³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ma
  - Tâi-lô: ma
  - Phofsit Daibuun: maf
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /mã⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /mã³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: --ma
  - Tâi-lô: --ma

Definitions

嗎

Final interrogative particle, forming yes/no questions.

你喜歡嗎？ / 你喜欢吗？ ― Nǐ xǐhuān ma? ― Do you like it?

Usage notes

The particle 嗎 allows turning an affirmative sentence into an interrogative sentence without modifying the sentence order.

他喜歡。 / 他喜欢。 ― Tā xǐhuān. ― He likes it.

他喜歡嗎？ / 他喜欢吗？ ― Tā xǐhuān ma? ― Does he like it?

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mǎ (ma³)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maa⁵, maa¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mâ / mà / mò
Min Nan (POJ): mô͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: mǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ
  - Wade–Giles: ma³
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maa
  - IPA ^(key): /ma̠²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: maa⁵, maa¹
  - Yale: máh, mā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maa⁵, maa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ma⁵, ma¹
  - IPA ^(key): /mɑː¹³/, /mɑː⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mâ / mà / mò
  - Hakka Romanization System: ma´ / maˇ / moˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ma¹ / ma² / mo²
  - IPA: /ma²⁴/, /ma¹¹/, /mo¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mô͘
  - Tâi-lô: môo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: moo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /mɔ̃²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /mɔ̃²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /mɔ̃¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /mɔ̃²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /mɔ̃²³/

Definitions

嗎

Used as a phonetic character.

嗎啡 / 吗啡 ― mǎfēi ― morphine

嗎哪 / 吗哪 ― mǎnǎ ― manna

Compounds

嗎兒／吗儿
嗎呢／吗呢
嗎呼／吗呼

嗎啉／吗啉 (mǎlín)
嗎啡／吗啡 (mǎfēi)
嗎啡中毒／吗啡中毒

嗎啡針／吗啡针
百嗎兒／百吗儿

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): má (ma²)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: má
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˊ
  - Wade–Giles: ma²
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ma
  - IPA ^(key): /ma̠³⁵/

Definitions

嗎

what

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of 嗎 – see 罵 (“to chide; to blame; to curse; to swear”). (This character, 嗎, is recorded in one or more historical dictionaries as a variant form of 罵.)

Japanese

Kanji

嗎

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Goon: ま (ma)
Kan’on: ま (ma)
Kan’yōon: ば (ba)

Korean

Hanja

嗎 • (ma) (hangeul 마)

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Vietnamese

Han character

嗎 (mửa, ma, mớ, mạ, mắng, mỉa, mứa, mựa)

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