妈

mā

ma

mom; mother

woman (女) + horse (马) = mom

女 grounds the character in its meaning: a woman, a mother. 马 contributes only the sound mā and carries no meaning here.

女+马→妈
女WomanSemantic
马HorsePhonetic

我妈每天早上给我做早饭。

wǒ mā měi tiān zǎo shang gěi wǒ zuò zǎo fàn。

my mom makes me breakfast every morning.

他生病了,很想念自己的妈。

tā shēng bìng le, hěn xiǎng niàn zì jǐ de mā。

he got sick and missed his mom very much.

Words with 妈

爸妈

bà mā

dad and mom

舅妈

jiù mā

(coll.) aunt

老妈

lǎo mā

mother; mom

他妈的

tā mā de

(taboo curse) damn it!

阿妈

ā mā

grandma (paternal) (Tw)

干妈

gān mā

adoptive mother (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)

事儿妈

shì r mā

(coll.) fussbudget

你妈

nǐ mā

(interjection) fuck you

南拳妈妈

nán quán mā mā

Nan Quan Mama, a Taiwanese Music Group

大姨妈

dà yí mā

mother's eldest sister (older than one's mother)

大妈

dà mā

father's elder brother's wife

契妈

qì mā

adoptive mother

More characters with 女

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