媽

See also: 妈
媽 U+5ABD, 媽
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5ABD
← 媼
[U+5ABC] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 媾 →
[U+5ABE]

Translingual

Han character

媽 (radical 38 女+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 女尸手火 (VSQF), four-corner 41427, composition ⿰女馬)

Derived characters

  • 𢢷

References

  • KangXi: page 268, character 21
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6590
  • Dae Jaweon: page 535, character 40
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1070, character 12
  • Unihan data for U+5ABD

Chinese

trad. 媽
simp. 妈

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (馬) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
馬 *mraːʔ
碼 *mraːʔ
罵 *mraːʔ, *mraːs
鷌 *mraːʔ
鰢 *mraːʔ
瑪 *mraːʔ
榪 *mraːs
傌 *mraːs
禡 *mraːs
媽 *maːʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *maːʔ) : semantic 女 + phonetic 馬 (OC *mraːʔ).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 媽
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 模 (23)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 莫補切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /muoX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /muoX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /moX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /mɔX/
Li
Rong		 /moX/
Wang
Li		 /muX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /muoX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 mǔ
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 媽
Reading # 1/1
No. 8725
Phonetic
component		 馬
Rime
group		 魚
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese		 /*maːʔ/

Definitions

媽

  1. mom; mum: an affectionate term for a mother
  2. (usually with qualifier) other older female relatives or house-servants
  3. (religion) "The Mother", an epithet of the Fujianese sea goddess Mazu (媽祖／妈祖).

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 媽媽 (“mum (face-to-face)”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 母親
Mandarin Beijing 媽媽、媽、娘
Taiwan 媽媽、媽
Tianjin 媽媽、媽
Harbin 媽、媽媽
Shenyang 媽媽
Jinan 媽、媽媽、娘
Muping 媽
Luoyang 媽、媽兒
Jiedian 嬤
Ronghe 媽
Xi'an 媽
Xining 阿媽、媽媽、姆媽
Xuzhou 媽媽、娘、大兒
Yinchuan 媽
Lanzhou 媽
Ürümqi 媽媽、媽、阿娘 Hui、阿娘子 used with minorities
Wuhan 姆媽、媽媽
Chengdu 媽媽、媽
Guiyang 媽
Liuzhou 阿媽、媽
Kunming 媽
Yangzhou 媽媽、姆媽
Nanjing 媽、姆媽、娘
Hefei 媽、媽爺
Cantonese Guangzhou 阿媽、媽媽
Hong Kong 媽咪、阿媽、媽媽
Dongguan 阿媽、阿奶、阿姐、媽媽 childish、媽咪 childish
Hong Kong (Weitou) 阿媽、阿奶
Taishan 媽
Yangjiang 阿媽、阿娘
Xinyi 阿媽
Nanning 媽媽、阿媽、媽
Kuala Lumpur 阿媽、媽咪
Gan Nanchang 姆媽
Lichuan 姆媽
Pingxiang 姆媽
Hakka Meixian 阿姆、阿嫲
Xingning 阿媽
Qujiang 阿姆
Xiaosanjiang 阿姆、阿嬸
Changting 姆媽、姆娓
Pingyu 姆
Wuping 姆姆、依呀
Liancheng 姆
Ninghua 姆媽
Yudu 姆、媽媽、媽
Ruijin 姆媽
Shicheng 姆媽
Shangyou 嫫
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 阿姆
Liudui (S. Sixian) 阿姆、姆媽
Hsinchu (Hailu) 阿姆
Dongshi (Dabu) 阿姆
Zhuolan (Raoping) 阿姆
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 阿依
Hong Kong 阿媽
Sabah 阿姆
Senai 阿媽
Singkawang 阿姆
Huizhou Jixi 姆
Jin Taiyuan 媽
Xinzhou 波哇、波波呀、呀波呀
Min Bei Jian'ou 依呀、媽媽
Min Dong Fuzhou 依媽、依奶
Fuqing 奶、依奶、媽媽、依娜
Matsu 依奶
Min Nan Xiamen 阿母、阿母仔、母仔、阿媽、阿娘
Quanzhou 阿母、母仔、阿娘
Zhangzhou 阿母、母仔
Taipei 阿母、阿娘、媽媽
Kaohsiung 卡桑、阿母仔
Tainan 歐卡桑、阿母、俺娘仔、娘嬭
Taichung 媽媽、阿母
Hsinchu 媽媽、阿娘、阿母
Lukang 阿母、阿娘、姨仔
Sanxia 阿母、阿娘、姨仔
Yilan 阿母、阿娘
Kinmen 俺娘仔
Magong 阿母
Penang 阿母、阿媽、媽媽、媽
Singapore 阿母
Chaozhou 阿媽、阿娘、阿姈
Haifeng 媽、媽媽
Johor Bahru 阿媽、媽媽
Haikou 阿媽、阿姐、阿娘 dated、阿嫂 dated
Leizhou 嬭、姨 dated
Pinghua Nanning 媽、阿媼 dated
Wu Shanghai 媽媽、姆媽
Suzhou 姆媽
Hangzhou 姆媽、媽媽
Wenzhou 阿媽、阿奶、奶
Chongming 姆媽
Danyang 媽、娘
Jinhua 姆媽
Ningbo 阿姆、姆媽
Xiang Changsha 媽媽、姆媽、娘老子
Shuangfeng 姆媽
Loudi 依爺、姆媽、娘老子
Dialectal synonyms of 媽媽 (“mum (non-face-to-face)”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 母親
Mandarin Beijing 媽媽、媽、娘
Taiwan 媽媽、媽
Tianjin 媽媽、媽
Harbin 媽、媽媽
Shenyang 媽媽
Jinan 媽、媽媽、娘
Muping 媽
Jiedian 嬤
Ronghe 媽
Xi'an 媽
Xining 阿媽、媽媽、姆媽
Xuzhou 媽媽、娘、大兒
Yinchuan 媽
Lanzhou 媽、老媽
Ürümqi 老娘
Wuhan 姆媽、媽媽、老娘、黎山老 slang、孟子見 dated slang
Chengdu 媽媽、媽
Guiyang 媽、老媽 humorous
Liuzhou 媽、阿媽、娘老、老媽子
Kunming 媽媽
Yangzhou 媽媽、姆媽、老娘
Nanjing 媽、姆媽、娘
Hefei 媽、媽爺
Nantong 娘嬭
Cantonese Guangzhou 老母
Hong Kong 老母、老媽子、阿媽、媽咪
Dongguan 阿媽、阿奶、阿姐、老母、老乸 Changping、媽媽 childish、媽咪 childish
Hong Kong (Weitou) 老母、阿奶
Taishan 媽
Yunfu 老母
Yangjiang 阿奶
Xinyi 老母
Nanning 老乸
Kuala Lumpur 老媽子
Gan Nanchang 姆媽、娘
Lichuan 娘、家母
Pingxiang 姆媽、娘老子
Hakka Meixian 哀仔
Xingning 哀哩、阿媽
Huidong 阿姆、媽
Qujiang 哀子
Xiaosanjiang 阿姆
Changting 哀哩
Pingyu 哀子
Wuping 哀哩
Liancheng 哀
Ninghua 姆媽
Ruijin 哀、乳子
Shicheng 哀
Shangyou 姐佬
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 哀仔
Liudui (S. Sixian) 哀仔
Hsinchu (Hailu) 哀仔
Dongshi (Dabu) 哀
Zhuolan (Raoping) 哀仔
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 哀
Hong Kong 阿姆
Senai 吾媽
Singkawang 哀
Huizhou Jixi 姆、娘
Jin Taiyuan 媽媽、媽
Xinzhou 波、波波
Min Bei Jian'ou 奶
Min Dong Fuzhou 娘嬭
Fuqing 娘嬭
Matsu 娘嬭
Min Nan Xiamen 老母、娘嬭、阿娘
Quanzhou 老母、阿娘
Zhangzhou 老母、娘嬭
Taipei 老母
Kaohsiung 老母
Tainan 老母
Taichung 老母、媽媽
Hsinchu 老母
Lukang 老母
Sanxia 老母
Yilan 老母
Kinmen 老母、俺母
Magong 老母
Penang 老母
Singapore 老母
Chaozhou 阿嬡
Shantou 嬡
Haifeng 媽、媽媽
Johor Bahru 我媽
Haikou 母
Leizhou 嬭、母、尼母、尼姨 dated
Pinghua Nanning 媽、老娘、阿媼 dated
Wu Shanghai 娘
Suzhou 娘、姆媽
Hangzhou 姆媽、媽媽、娘
Wenzhou 阿媽、阿奶、奶
Chongming 娘
Danyang 媽、娘
Jinhua 娘
Ningbo 阿娘
Xiang Changsha 媽媽、娘、姆媽、娘老子
Shuangfeng 姆媽、娘
Loudi 依爺、姆媽、娘、娘老子

Compounds

  • 媽媽令兒／妈妈令儿
  • 媽媽教室／妈妈教室
  • 媽媽樂／妈妈乐
  • 媽媽論兒／妈妈论儿
  • 媽媽頭／妈妈头
  • 媽子／妈子
  • 媽祖／妈祖 (Māzǔ)
  • 媽祖婆／妈祖婆
  • 媽祖生／妈祖生
  • 媽祖誕辰／妈祖诞辰
  • 嬤嬤媽／嬷嬷妈
  • 小媽兒／小妈儿
  • 小老媽／小老妈
  • 後媽／后妈 (hòumā)

Japanese

Kanji

媽

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. mother

Readings

Korean

Hanja

媽 • (ma) (hangeul 마, revised ma, McCune–Reischauer ma)

  1. mother
  2. grandmother

Vietnamese

Han character

媽 (mụ, má, mã, mợ, ma)

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