母 – mother

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The kanji 母 means mother. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ボ (bo); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is はは、も (hawa, mo). It is written with 5 strokes, under radical 毋 (no. 80).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ボ	bo
Kun’yomi	はは	hawa
Kun’yomi	も	mo

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 毋 (Kangxi radical 80). Components: 毋.

Words using 母

母ははmotherお母さんおかあさんmother伯母さんおばさんaunt祖母そぼgrandmother母親ははおやmother伯母おばaunt叔母おばaunt父母ふぼfather and mother小母さんおばさんold lady分母ぶんぼdenominator母校ぼこうalma mater母国ぼこくone's home country

Example sentences

でもさ、母を連れて行かなくてはいけないんだ。

But, I have to take my mother.

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お母さんに口答えしてはいけませんよ。

Don't answer your mother back.

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叔母さんを訪ねた時はすごいごちそうだったね。

What a feast we had when we visited my aunt!

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Kanji with the same radical

毎毒

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