姆

(old) female tutor; used in 保姆[bao3 mu3]

8 strokes Dict coverage rank #854 U+59C6

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

女 (semantic, “woman”) + 母 (phonetic, mǔ)

components: 女母

nanny · Heisig RSH #1520

女 woman + 母 mother

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 母

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 母 (mǔ) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
母 sound component	mǔ	mother; female elders; female
毒	dú	poison, venom; drug, narcotic
每	měi	each, every
拇	mǔ	thumb; big toe
呣	m	interjection or exclamation indicating a question

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
拉姆安拉	Lā mǔ ān lā	Ramallah
格里姆斯塔	Gé lǐ mǔ sī tǎ	Grimstad (city in Agder, Norway)
库尔特·瓦尔德海姆	Kù ěr tè · Wǎ ěr dé hǎi mǔ	Kurt Waldheim (1918-2007), Austrian diplomat and politician, secretary-general of UN 1972-…
姆巴巴内	Mǔ bā bā nèi	Mbabane, administrative capital of Eswatini
米特·罗姆尼	Mǐ tè · Luó mǔ ní	Mitt Romney (1947-), US Republican contender 2012
罗姆人	Luó mǔ rén	Romani, an ethnic group of Europe
阿姆哈拉	Ā mǔ hā lā	Amhara (province, language and ethnic group of Ethiopia); Amharic; Ethiopian
布鲁姆斯伯里	Bù lǔ mǔ sī bó lǐ	Bloomsbury, London district
克林姆	kè lín mǔ	cream (loanword)
阿姆斯特丹	Ā mǔ sī tè dān	Amsterdam, capital of Netherlands
格拉汉姆	Gé lā hàn mǔ	Graham or Graeme (name)
阿姆河	Ā mǔ Hé	Amu Darya, the biggest river of Central Asia, from Pamir to Aral sea, forming the boundary…
古根海姆	Gǔ gēn hǎi mǔ	Guggenheim (name)
兰姆打	lán mǔ dǎ	lambda (Greek letter Λλ)
卡拉姆昌德	Kǎ lā mǔ chāng dé	Karamchand (name)
克里姆林宫	Kè lǐ mǔ lín Gōng	the Kremlin
木卡姆	mù kǎ mǔ	muqam, any of a set of 12 melody types used in the music of the Uyghurs
汤姆·克兰西	Tāng mǔ · Kè lán xī	Tom Clancy (1947-2013), US author
临时保姆	lín shí bǎo mǔ	temporary caregiver; babysitter
罗姆酒	luó mǔ jiǔ	(loanword) rum