Components
土 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

earth

earth

母 sound component

  Sound component

  

mother

Evolution

坶 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
坶 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

soil, earth; items made of earth

 

 

chǎ

 

 

Tu (ethnic group); surname Tu

 

earth; dust; clay; local; indigenous; crude opium; unsophisticated; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[bā​yīn]

 

 

 

méi

 

mother; female elders; female

 

 

 

 

mother; elderly female relative; origin; source; (of animals) female