mà
scold
Phonosemantic compound. 吅 represents the meaning and 马 represents the sound. Simplified form of 罵.
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Traditional script
ModernSimplified script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 骂
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
to scold | ||
to swear or curse (at people) | ||
to damn | ||
to insult | ||
to hurl abuse |
Statistics
HSK level 5
Appears in 11.3727% of movies
1959th most common character in movies
1449th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 9 |
Traditional | |
Unicode | U+9A82 |
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