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Kanji Information Sheet for 母 (
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Bushu (Radical) Info:
母 (ボ, はは, も) – mother
毋 (なかれ) – mother
母 (ボ, はは, も) – mother
毋 (なかれ) – mother
Henshall Mnemonic: mother is woman with prominent nipples
Levels: JLPT N5 | JLPT 4 (old) | Grade 2
Frequency: #570 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Frequency: #570 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:
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JLPT N5 Words
- 母 [はは]
(n) (hum) mother [K] [D] [Jisho] - 伯母さん [おばさん]
(n) (hon) aunt [K] [D] [Jisho] - 叔母さん [おばさん]
(n) (1) aunt; (2) middle-aged lady [K] [D] [Jisho] - お祖母さん [おばあさん]
(n) grandmother; female senior-citizen [K] [D] [Jisho] - お母さん [おかあさん]
(n) (hon) mother [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N4 Words
JLPT N3 Words
JLPT N2 Words
- 父母 [ふぼ]
(n) father and mother; parents [K] [D] [Jisho] - 伯母 [おば]
(n) (hum) aunt (older than one's parent) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 叔母 [おば]
(n) aunt (younger than one's parent) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 小母さん [おばさん]
(n) (uk) lady; woman; ma'am [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N1 Words
- 保母 [ほぼ]
(n) day-care worker in a kindergarten, nursery school, etc. [K] [D] [Jisho] - 母校 [ぼこう]
(n) alma mater [K] [D] [Jisho] - 母国 [ぼこく]
(n) one's homeland [K] [D] [Jisho] - 分母 [ぶんぼ]
(n) denominator [K] [D] [Jisho]
Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT
- 航空母艦 [こうくうぼかん]
aircraft carrier [K] [D] [Jisho] - 賢母 [けんぼ]
(n) wise mother [K] [D] [Jisho] - 母さん [かあさん]
(n) mother [K] [D] [Jisho] - 聖母 [せいぼ]
(n) emperor's mother; Virgin Mary [K] [D] [Jisho] - 酵母 [こうぼ]
(n) yeast; leaven [K] [D] [Jisho] - 母音 [ぼいん]
(n) vowel [K] [D] [Jisho] - 母国語 [ぼこくご]
(n) mother tongue [K] [D] [Jisho] - 母子 [ぼし]
(n) mother and child [K] [D] [Jisho] - 母性 [ぼせい]
(n) maternal [K] [D] [Jisho] - 母体 [ぼたい]
(n) mother's body; heartland [K] [D] [Jisho] - 母胎 [ぼたい]
(n) womb; uterus [K] [D] [Jisho] - 母乳 [ぼにゅう]
(n) mother's milk [K] [D] [Jisho] - 母方 [ははかた]
(n) mother's side of family [K] [D] [Jisho] - 空母 [くうぼ]
(n) aircraft carrier [K] [D] [Jisho] - 養父母 [ようふぼ]
(n) adoptive parents [K] [D] [Jisho] - 義母 [ぎぼ]
(n) mother-in-law; foster mother; step mother [K] [D] [Jisho] - 乳母車 [うばぐるま]
(n) baby carriage; perambulator [K] [D] [Jisho] - 祖父母 [そふぼ]
(n) grandparents [K] [D] [Jisho]
Acknowledgments
The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.
The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.
Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.
The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.
If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.