麻
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hemp (variant of 麻[ma2])
11 strokes
Dict coverage rank #405 U+9EBB
How 麻 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
Hemp plants 林 growing in a greenhouse 广
How to remember it
hemp · Heisig RSH #561
cave + 林 woods
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 麻 as their sound component
These characters all use 麻 (má) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 麻 sound component | má | hemp, flax, sesame; numb |
| 摩 | mó | to scour, to rub, to grind; friction |
| 磨 | mó | millstone; to grind, to polish, to rub, to wear out |
| 魔 | mó | demon, evil spirit; magic, spell |
| 靡 | mí | to scatter, to disperse; to divide |
| 糜 | mí | rice gruel, congee; mashed |
| 嘛 | ma | final exclamatory particle |
| 麽 | mó | interrogative particle |
| 縻 | mí | harness, halter; to tie up |
Words containing 麻
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 麻山区 | Má shān Qū | Mashan, a district of Jixi City 雞西市|鸡西市[Ji1 xi1 Shi4], Heilongjiang |
| 白麻子 | bái má zi | pockmark |
| 亚麻子 | yà má zǐ | variant of 亞麻籽|亚麻籽[ya4 ma2 zi3] |
| 麻城市 | Má chéng Shì | Macheng, a county-level city in Huanggang City 黃岡市|黄冈市[Huang2 gang1 Shi4], Hubei |
| 加麻大 | Jiā má dà | (slang) Canada |
| 麻阳县 | Má yáng Xiàn | see 麻陽苗族自治縣|麻阳苗族自治县[Ma2 yang2 Miao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4] |
| 麻江县 | Má jiāng Xiàn | Majiang, a county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture 黔東南苗族侗族自治州|黔东南苗族侗族自治州… |
| 主麻日 | Zhǔ má rì | (Islam) Friday, when Muslims go to the mosque before noon to attend congregational prayers |
| 麻风病 | má fēng bìng | leprosy; Hansen's disease |
| 亚麻布 | yà má bù | linen |
| 大麻 | dà má | hemp (Cannabis sativa); cannabis; marijuana |
| 麻子 | má zi | pockmark |
| 打麻雀运动 | Dǎ Má què Yùn dòng | the Great Sparrow Campaign or the Four Pests Campaign, one of the actions during the Great… |
| 麻山 | Má shān | see 麻山區|麻山区[Ma2 shan1 Qu1] |
| 罗布麻 | luó bù má | dogbane (Apocynum venetum), leaves used in TCM |
| 麻生 | Má shēng | Asō (name); ASŌ Tarō (1940-), Japanese entrepreneur and LDP politician, prime minister 200… |
| 天麻 | tiān má | Gastrodia elata (botany) |
| 马麻 | mǎ má | (slang) mama; mom (pun on 媽媽|妈妈[ma1 ma5]) |
| 麻花 | má huā | fried dough twist (crisp snack food made by deep-frying plaited dough); worn out or worn s… |
| 大麻哈鱼 | dà má hǎ yú | see 大馬哈魚|大马哈鱼[da4 ma3 ha3 yu2] |