mother

Simplified form of . Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
女 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

woman

马 sound component

  Sound component

  

horse

Evolution

妈 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
妈 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

mother, mama; ma; mom; mother

Most common words with 妈
Freq.
Word
Meaning

妈妈

mama

ma

他妈的

fucking

姨妈

maternal aunt

妈咪

mommy (loanword)