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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)

母
mǔ
mother; female elders; female
HSK 4 5 丶

Compound Words (20)

丈母
zhàngmǔ
wife's mother
乳母
rǔmǔ
wet nurse
亡母
wángmǔ
deceased mother
伯母
bómǔ
wife of father's elder brother
HSK 6
保母
bǎomǔ
variant of [[保姆<bǎomǔ>]]
分母
fēnmǔ
denominator of a fraction
叔母
shūmǔ
aunt
奶母
nǎimǔ
wet nurse
姑母
gūmǔ
father's sister
姨母
yímǔ
mother's sister
婶母
shěnmǔ
wife of father's younger brother
字母
zìmǔ
letter (of the alphabet)
HSK 5
家母
jiāmǔ
(polite) my mother
寄母
jìmǔ
foster mother
岳母
yuèmǔ
wife's mother, mother-in-law
HSK 6
师母
shīmǔ
term of respect for your teacher's wife
弑母
shìmǔ
matricide
后母
hòumǔ
stepmother
慈母
címǔ
warm, caring mother
教母
jiàomǔ
godmother

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
564
Word Frequency Rank
593 of 84,292

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