麻 – hemp, flax, numb

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The kanji 麻 means hemp, flax, numb. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is マ、マア (ma, maa); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is あさ (asa). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 麻 (no. 200).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	マ	ma
On’yomi	マア	maa
Kun’yomi	あさ	asa

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: 麻 (Kangxi radical 200). Components: 木・广.

Words using 麻

麻あさcannabis (Cannabis sativa)麻酔ますいanaesthesia麻痺まひparalysis

Example sentences

けが人は麻酔から覚めた後痛みで泣きわめいた。

The injured person wailed with pain after recovering from the anaesthesia.

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ゼネストで国中の機能が麻痺した。

The general strike paralyzed the whole country.

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Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.