in English

adjective HSK6
mother / elderly female relative / origin / source / (of animals) female

Measure word

  • zhī classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc attested in use

Stroke order

Le caractère 母 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ
Numbered strokes
Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 母 Show the animation

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

How it used to be written

Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).

Examples

  • Cookie的母親死於癌症。

    Cookie's mother died of cancer.

  • Julia的母语是意大利语。

    Julia's native language is Italian.

  • Lucy是被她的祖父母养大的。

    Lucy was brought up by her grandparents.

  • 上周六,因为我母亲病了,我无法离开家。

    I was unable to leave home last Saturday, with my mother being ill.

  • 不好意思,我母亲不在家。

    I'm sorry, my mother's not at home.

  • 今天早上我祖母寄出了这封信。

    My grandmother posted the letter this morning.

  • 他们不是我的父母。

    They aren't my parents.

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