Memory phrase for the Kanji: 母


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Meaning

mother

Pronunciation

BO
haha

Explanation

A variation of woman with emphasized breasts indicated by the two dots :

Mnemonic

(When breastfeeding:) A woman with swollen breasts is a mother.

Radicals

motherShows a woman with a longer right stroke and with two dots : which are swollen breasts of a nursing (breast-feeding) woman.
womanThe stroke order is: "Ku-no-ichi" = く , which also stands for a female ninja.
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Vocabulary

 伯母さん/叔母さん  おばさん  aunt
 母  はは  (hum) mother
 祖母  そぼ  grandmother
 祖父母  そふぼ  grandparents
 分母  ぶんぼ  denominator (math.)
 母国  ぼこく  one's homeland
 母親  ははおや  mother
 伯母  おば  (hum) aunt (older than one´s parent)
 伯母さん  おばさん  (hon) aunt

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