There’s a grocery store near the dorm which name is 盒马. So if u add female and the last par of this grocery store you get mom.
Isa Cuellar
5 years ago
The second half has the same character as the question particle, 吗，and they have the same pinyin, except for the tonation.
Malachi G Daniel
5 years ago
女 holds the meaning 马 holds the pronounciation. It’s one of the first words we learn that have this type of character etymology.
Dylan Stringer
4 years ago
It is easer to remember because it is the female radical twice to remember meaning and ma character twice to remember sound
Gloria Tsang
4 years ago
I think of horse but I see the female radical and know it must be mom!
Mahrukh Riaz
3 years ago
the 女 would mean female in 妈 and as 马 is a question particle, i can associate it with mom because my mother always asks me about things,
Dinobi Ibegbu
2 years ago
Its a female and a horse character and I remember it because only a mother is a woman as powerful as a horse.
Luciana Emerson
2 years ago
It is the women radical and the women is sitting on a rocking chair
Jinu Shim
2 years ago
Woman radical and part of question particle ma can be used to think of woman who you can ask question to which is mother.
Jonas Ranft
2 years ago
The radical means female/ woman and the right side adds the sound “ma.”
shahd
11 months ago
I tried to connect the female character and mouth to how a mother would teach a child to speak
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NYU Abu Dhabi
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Madina
4 months ago
“吗” It reminds me of an emoji that looks confused. When you’re confused, you ask questions. 🤔
School Affiliation
NYU Shanghai
Joanne Li
4 months ago
I remember this because the radical is female, and the second component looks like a mother serving a plate her daughter.
School Affiliation
NYU Shanghai
Bianca
4 months ago
It looks like a woman or mother 女 pushing a stroller 马
School Affiliation
NYU Abu Dhabi
Diovanna Negeski
4 months ago
since nǚ means woman I associated the character next to it with a child, a child next to a woman can be associated with the person responsible, in this case the mother.
School Affiliation
NYU Shanghai
Yuliana Fernandez
4 months ago
The character on the right looks like a mother holding a baby.
There’s a grocery store near the dorm which name is 盒马. So if u add female and the last par of this grocery store you get mom.
The second half has the same character as the question particle, 吗，and they have the same pinyin, except for the tonation.
女 holds the meaning 马 holds the pronounciation. It’s one of the first words we learn that have this type of character etymology.
It is easer to remember because it is the female radical twice to remember meaning and ma character twice to remember sound
I think of horse but I see the female radical and know it must be mom!
the 女 would mean female in 妈 and as 马 is a question particle, i can associate it with mom because my mother always asks me about things,
Its a female and a horse character and I remember it because only a mother is a woman as powerful as a horse.
It is the women radical and the women is sitting on a rocking chair
Woman radical and part of question particle ma can be used to think of woman who you can ask question to which is mother.
The radical means female/ woman and the right side adds the sound “ma.”
I tried to connect the female character and mouth to how a mother would teach a child to speak
“吗” It reminds me of an emoji that looks confused. When you’re confused, you ask questions. 🤔
I remember this because the radical is female, and the second component looks like a mother serving a plate her daughter.
It looks like a woman or mother 女 pushing a stroller 马
since nǚ means woman I associated the character next to it with a child, a child next to a woman can be associated with the person responsible, in this case the mother.
The character on the right looks like a mother holding a baby.