嬷

嬷 · mó

mother

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
mó
Cantonese
maa1
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

mother

Dictionary definitions & readings

嬷 mó · dialectal or obsolete equivalent of 媽 mā; Taiwan pr. mā

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Readings & dictionary references

XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0753.060:mā Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
256.040:mó Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
VIDI Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4043 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0273.171 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+5B37
Radical
女 · 38
Strokes
17
Residual strokes
14
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6306

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

17 strokes
嬷
Strokes
17
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

17 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

嬤

Unihan variant assertions; context determines usage.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kHanYu
80018.150
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
80018.150
kIRGKangXi
0273.171
kKangXi
0273.171
kMeyerWempe
1847i
kCangjie
VIDI
kFourCornerCode
4043
kPhonetic
920A
kUnihanCore2020
G
kIRG_GSource
G0-6656
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-3DF9
kIRG_KSource
K2-2D50
kIRG_TSource
T3-5453
kRSUnicode
38.14
kTotalStrokes
17
kCNS1986
E-5453
kCNS1992
3-5453
kEACC
4B3A49
kGB0
7054
kGB1
7054
kMainlandTelegraph
1301
kTGH
2013:6306
kTaiwanTelegraph
1301
kCantonese
maa1
kDefinition
mother
kJapaneseOn
BA MA
kMandarin
mó
kTGHZ2013
256.040:mó
kXHC1983
0753.060:mā
kSemanticVariant
U+5AEB<kMeyerWempe
kTraditionalVariant
U+5B24

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

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3dictionary records using 嬷0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
女 beside 麽 · the shape used in China, Taiwan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰女麽$(GTKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰女麽$(GTKP)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.