mother; (of animals) female; origin

HSK 4 #565

Character data

HSK 4
Frequency 565th character
Radical ⽏ (80.1)
Strokes 5
Index # 345

Definitions

母 mǔ
  1. 1. mother
  2. 2. (of animals) female
  3. 3. origin
  4. 4. source
  5. 5. elderly female relative

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Words containing 母

Word Meaning
theme; main idea; motif (loanword)
(zoology, medicine) mother's body; matrix
mother's kinfolk
mother's kinfolk
jellyfish; medusa
jellyfish; medusa
Mother of All Bombs; US super bomb MOAB
Mother of All Bombs; US super bomb
immortal jellyfish (Turritopsis dohrnii)
immortal jellyfish (Turritopsis dohrnii)
parents
to have lost both one's parents
to have lost both one's parents
Queen Mother of the West; paternal grandma
another name for Xi Wangmu 西xī wáng mǔ, Queen Mother of the West
mother-of-pearl (used in ornamentation and in TCM)
mother-of-pearl
biological parents; natural parents
(of siblings) having the same father but different mothers
(of siblings) having the same father but different mothers
white mica; muscovite
white mica; muscovite
motherwort (Leonurus heterophyllus)
motherwort (Leonurus heterophyllus or L. cardiaca)