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母
mǔ
1.
mother
2.
elderly female relative
3.
origin
4.
source
5.
(of animals) female
Very Common • Top 1%
✏️ 5 strokes
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
珠母
zhūmǔ
mother-of-pearl
航母
hángmǔ
aircraft carrier
母体
mǔtǐ
(zoology, medicine) mother's body
王母
wángmǔ
queen mother
继母
jìmǔ
stepmother
舅母
jiùmǔ
wife of mother's brother
母鸡
mǔjī
hen
母题
mǔtí
motif (loanword)
母犬
mǔquǎn
female dog
父母
fùmǔ
father and mother
母质
mǔzhì
parent material (e.g. the eroded rock making up sediment)
祖母
zǔmǔ
father's mother
圣母
Shèngmǔ
Holy Mother
声母
shēngmǔ
consonant
母丧
mǔsāng
the death of one's mother
母球
mǔqiú
cue ball (in billiards)
母弹
mǔdàn
parent shell (of a cluster bomb)
母音
mǔyīn
vowel
保母
bǎomǔ
variant of [[保姆<bǎomǔ>]]
母机
mǔjī
machine tool
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 4
- Character Frequency Rank
- 564
- Word Frequency Rank
- 593 of 84,292