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母 — 5 strokes ／ Radical「母」

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9Elementary year 2 ／ 5 strokes ／ Radical「母」
On
ボぼ · bo
Kun
ははhaha
Meaning
mother

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A woman cradling her child — the nurturing mother.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onボぼbo母性ぼせい父母ふぼ祖母そぼ
Kunははhaha母はは母親ははおや

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 母親ははおや

    mother

  • お母さんおかあさん

    mom

More words with this kanji

  • 父母ふぼ
  • 母胎ぼたい
  • 酵母こうぼ
  • 叔母おば
  • 乳母うば
  • 姨母いぼ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

母(はは)と かいものに いきます。

I go shopping with my mother.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

母親母親parent毎every戊fifth…牡male拇thumb姆nurse姥old wo…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Radical

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