The kanji 母: meaning, readings and stroke order
母
- Meaning
- mother, mom
- On reading
- ボ bo
- Kun reading
- はは haha
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 毋 mother, do not
- Level
- Level 2 · grade 2
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- mẹ (mẫu)
- Japanese
- はは。おかあさん。
- Korean
- 어머니 (모)
- Chinese
- 妈妈、母亲
Readings, words and example sentences
ボ bo · on reading
母校
the school one went to
ここは 父の 母校です。
This is the school my dad went to.
はは haha · kun reading
母
mother, mom
母は 新聞を 読んで います。
My mom is reading the newspaper.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.