瑪 (maa5 | ma3) : agate

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瑪

maa5

ma3

agate; cornelian

Stroke count: 14

Level: 3

Radical: 玉 (#96)

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

瑪 / 玛

This word has been viewed 5699 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 16th Nov 2011 01:17

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瑪瑙 maa5 nou5 ma3 nao3 = agate

瑪格麗塔 maa5 gaak3 lai6 taap3 = a margarita

沙琪瑪 saa1 kei4 maa5 sha1 qi2 ma3 = Sachima

沃爾瑪 juk1 ji5 maa5 wo4 er3 ma3 = Wal-Mart

奧薩瑪賓拉丹 ou3 saat3 maa5 ban1 laai1 daan1 = [粵] Osama bin Laden

奧薩瑪賓拉登 ou3 saat3 maa5 ban1 laai1 dang1 = [國] Osama bin Laden

奧薩瑪本拉登 ou3 saat3 maa5 bun2 laai1 dang1 = [普] Osama bin Laden

班瑪 baan1 maa5 ban1 ma3 = Banma (place in Qinghai)

呼瑪 fu1 maa5 hu1 ma3 = Huma (place in Heilongjiang)

瑪雅 maa5 ngaa5 ma3 ya3 = Maya, Mayan
See all 26 compounds (CantoDict reports 28 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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Decimal representation of this word: 瑪
Unicode code for this character: U+746a (off-site link)

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