母 (mou5 | mu3) : mother; female

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母

mou5

mu3

[1] [n] mother; female parent
[2] [n] female elders (in the clan or among relations)
[3] [adj] female (animals or birds)
[4] [n] origin; parent; mother

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Stroke count: 5

Level: 1

Radical: 毋 (#80)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

母

Don't confuse with:
每海毋

This word has been viewed 14214 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 18th Jun 2013 02:04

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父母 fu6 mou5 fu4 mu3 = parents

字母 zi6 mou5 zi4 mu3 = letter; alphabet

老母 lou5 mou5*2 = mother; mom 粵

母親 mou5 can1 mu3 qin1 = mother (formal)

水母 seoi2 mou5 shui3 mu3 = jellyfish

母語 mou5 jyu5 mu3 yu3 = native language; mother tongue

伯母 baak3 mou5*2 bo2 mu3 = wife of father's elder brother; aunt

母親節 mou5 can1 zit3 mu3 qin1 jie2 = Mother's Day

父母親 fu6 mou5 can1 fu4 mu3 qin1 = parents

養父母 joeng5 fu6 mou5 yang3 fu4 mu3 = to support one's parents
See all 97 compounds (CantoDict reports 105 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 2 examples containing 母

我一見到我父母就好開心。粵
I am very happy upon seeing my parents.

我父母早餐常吃烤麵包。國
My parents eat toast for breakfast.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 母
Unicode code for this character: U+6bcd (off-site link)

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