• 1059th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 83 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (mu3)female tutor (old) • woman who looks after small children

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (mu3)The component is pronounced as '' (ru3). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for (mu3)The component is pronounced as '' (mu3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words

Common

保姆 
詹姆斯 

Uncommon

勃拉姆斯 
哈姆雷特 
姆妈 (姆媽)
弗洛姆 
朗姆酒 
汤姆 (湯姆)
萨达姆 (薩達姆)
阿姆斯特丹 
阿姆斯特朗 
阿萨姆 (阿薩姆)

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  • 749th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 23 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (ma1)ma • mom • mother

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (ma1)The component is pronounced as '' (ma3). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words

Common

妈妈 (媽媽)
老妈 (老媽)

Uncommon

大妈 (大媽)
姨妈 (姨媽)
妈咪 (媽咪)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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