媽
Parts that make up 媽
How 媽 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 媽 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 女, 馬.
Japanese words with 媽
- 阿媽アマ amah (foreign maid or nursemaid working in east Asia)
- 媽祖まそ Mazu (Chinese goddess of the sea)
- 阿媽港あまこう Macao; Macau
- 媽祖廟まそびょう Mazu temple
Characters sharing the phonetic 馬
Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “마” in Korean.
Other hanja read “마”
Other hanja with radical 女
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