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.

+
WomanSemantic
HorsePhonetic

Words with 妈

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

他妈的

tā mā de

(taboo curse) damn it!

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

奶妈

nǎi mā

wet nurse

姆妈

m mā

(dialect) mom; mother

姑妈

gū mā

(coll.) father's married sister

More characters with 女