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麻

má

hemp

Depicts hemp leaves (𣏟) growing under a cliff (厂). The cliff (厂) component was later written as 广.

Components
厂 iconic component

厂  Iconic component

hǎn, chǎng

  

cliff, (roof)

Depicts a cliff.

𣏟 iconic component

𣏟  Iconic component

pài

  

hemp

Depicts hemp leaves.

Evolution

麻 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
麻 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
麻 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
麻 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

麻  

má

hemp, jute, flax; sesame; generic name for hemp, flax etc; hemp or flax fiber for textile materials; CL:縷|缕[lǚ]; (of materials) rough or coarse; pocked; pitted; to have pins and needles or tingling; to feel numb

麻  

Má

surname Ma

麻 (蔴) 

má

variant of 麻[má]; hemp

Most common words with 麻
Freq.
Word
Meaning

麻烦

inconvenient

麻

sesame

大麻

cannabis

麻醉

anesthesia

麻将

mahjong

Component uses

Sound component in 9 characters (5 verified)

麼 摩 魔 嘛 麽 磨 靡 糜 縻

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*C.mˤraj

mae

má

hemp


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 69.4378% of movies

550th most common character in movies

1108th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Unicode

U+9EBB

Shuowen

“麻，與同。人所治，在屋下。从广，从。”


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