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麻
má
1. generic name for hemp, flax etc
2. hemp or flax fiber for textile materials
3. sesame
4. CL:[[縷|缕<lǚ>]]
5. (of materials) rough or coarse
6. pocked
7. pitted
8. to have pins and needles or tingling
9. to feel numb
Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 11 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

麻
má
hemp, flax, sesame; numb
HSK 4 11 丶

Compound Words (20)

主麻
zhǔmá
jummah or Friday, when Muslims gather to attend prayers (loanword from Arabic)
乱麻
luànmá
lit. tangled skein
亚麻
yàmá
flax
全麻
quánmá
general anesthetic
剑麻
jiànmá
sisal hemp
大麻
dàmá
hemp (Cannabis sativa)
天麻
tiānmá
Gastrodia elata (botany)
发麻
fāmá
to feel numb
种麻
zhǒngmá
distinctively female hemp plant (Cannabis sativa)
箍麻
gūmá
to become numb (from being bound too tightly)
肉麻
ròumá
sickening
胡麻
húmá
sesame
脂麻
zhīma
variant of [[芝麻<zhīma>]]
芝麻
zhīma
sesame (seed)
苘麻
qǐngmá
Indian mallow (Abutilon theophrasti)
苎麻
zhùmá
rush (tall grass)
苴麻
jūmá
distinctively female hemp plant (Cannabis sativa)
蓖麻
bìmá
castor-oil plant
荨麻
qiánmá
nettle
蕉麻
jiāomá
abaca

Alternate Entries

麻
má
variant of [[麻<má>]] / hemp
麻
Má
surname Ma

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
1,107
Word Frequency Rank
504 of 84,292
Radical Number
200

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