Memory phrase for the character: 母

母

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Meaning

mother

Pronunciation

BO
haha

Explanation

 A variation of woman 女 with emphasized breasts indicated by the two dots :

Mnemonic
 
(When breastfeeding:) A woman with swollen breasts is a mother.

Radicals

母 motherShows a woman 女 with a longer right stroke ノ and with two dots : which are swollen breasts of a nursing (breast-feeding) mother.
女 womanThe stroke order is: "Ku-no-ichi" = くノ一 , which also stands for a female ninja.




 Vocabulary

母 はは  (hum) mother
伯母さん/叔母さん おばさん  aunt
祖母 そぼ  grandmother
祖父母 そふぼ  grandparents
分母 ぶんぼ  denominator (math.)
母国 ぼこく  one's homeland
母親 ははおや  mother
伯母 おば  (hum) aunt (older than one´s parent)
伯母さん おばさん  (hon) aunt

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