hemp

Depicts hemp leaves (𣏟) growing under a cliff (). The cliff () component was later written as 广.

Components
厂 iconic component

  Iconic component

hǎnchǎng

  

cliff, (roof)

Depicts a cliff.

𣏟 iconic component

𣏟  Iconic component

pài

  

hemp

Depicts hemp leaves.

Evolution

麻 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
麻 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
麻 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
麻 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

() 

variant of [má]; hemp

 

hemp, jute, flax; sesame; generic name for hemp, flax etc; hemp or flax fiber for textile materials; CL:|[lǚ]; (of materials) rough or coarse; pocked; pitted; to have pins and needles or tingling; to feel numb

 

surname Ma

Most common words with 麻
Freq.
Word
Meaning

麻烦

inconvenient

sesame

大麻

cannabis

麻醉

anesthesia

麻将

mahjong

Component uses

Sound component in 9 characters (5 verified)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*C.mˤraj

mae

hemp


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 69.4378% of movies

550th most common character in movies

1108th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Unicode

U+9EBB

Shuowen

“麻,與同。人所治,在屋下。从广,从。”


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