ma, mǎ
final interrogative particle
Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 马 represents the sound.
Evolution
Traditional script
ModernSimplified script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 吗
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
(question particle for "yes-no" questions) | ||
whatever for? | ||
morphine (loanword) |
Statistics
HSK level 1
Appears in 98.2861% of movies
26th most common character in movies
453rd most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 6 |
Traditional | |
Unicode | U+5417 |
Sources
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