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姆
mǔ
1. female tutor (old)
2. woman who looks after small children
Very Common • Top 0% ✏️ 8 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

姆
mǔ
governess, matron, nanny
HSK 6 8 丶

Compound Words (20)

保姆
bǎomǔ
nanny
HSK 6
姆佬
Mǔlǎo
Mulao ethnic group of Guangxi
姆妈
mǔmā
mom
姆指
mǔzhǐ
thumb
尼姆
Nímǔ
Nîmes (city in France)
库姆
Kùmǔ
Qom (holy city in Iran)
朗姆
lǎngmǔ
rum (beverage) (loanword)
欧姆
ōumǔ
ohm (loanword)
毛姆
Máomǔ
Maugham (family name)
汤姆
Tāngmǔ
Tom (name)
莱姆
láimǔ
lime (loanword)
兰姆
Lánmǔ
Lamb (name)
兰姆
lánmǔ
rum (beverage) (loanword)
褓姆
bǎomǔ
variant of [[保姆<bǎomǔ>]]
伊马姆
yīmǎmǔ
see [[伊瑪目|伊玛目<yīmǎmù>]]
克林姆
kèlínmǔ
cream (loanword)
哈莱姆
Hāláimǔ
Harlem district of Manhattan
塞勒姆
Sāilèmǔ
Salem, capital of Oregon
姆佬族
Mǔlǎozú
Mulao ethnic group of Guangxi
弗洛姆
Fúluòmǔ
Fromm (psychoanalyst)

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
1,060
Word Frequency Rank
391 of 84,292

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