Kanji: 母

    • Meaning : mama,mother
    • ON reading :
    • KUN reading : はは,も
    • Nanori :
    • Stroke count : 5
    • Frequency of use ranking : 570
    • Jouyou grade level : 2
    • JLPT : 4
    • Radical : 毋 (母, ⺟)

Words containing that kanji:


  • さん | おさん | おさん | さん - おばあさん - grandmother | female senior-citizen
  • | お | お - おふくろ - one's mother
  • さん | おさん - おかあさん - mother
  • | | おさま - おかあさま - mother
  • れどし - おんなはよわしされどはははつよし - A mother is stronger than any other creature
  • してられる - ひさしをかしておもやをとられる - Give him an inch and he'll take an ell
  • - みずくらげ - aurelia (Aurelia aurita)
  • - おたあさま | おたたさま - mother (used by children of court nobles and noble families)
  • ちゃん - かあちゃん - mum/mom
  • - ばいも | バイモ - fritillary/Fritillaria verticillata var. thunbergii
  • - げんしりょくくうぼ - nuclear-powered aircraft carrier
  • ちゃん - おかあちゃん - mum/mom
  • - ぼかんすう - generating function
  • - いぼ - different mother
  • - うんも | うんぼ | きらら - mica/isinglass
  • - ぎぼ - mother-in-law/foster mother/step mother
  • | - がいはんぼし - hallux valgus/bunion
  • - くうぼ - aircraft carrier
  • - けいぼ | ままはは - stepmother
  • | - くれのおも - fennel (Foeniculum vulgare)
  • - けんぼ - wise mother
  • - しゅぼ - yeast mash
  • さん - ひいおばあさん - great-grandmother
  • さん - おばさん - old lady/ma'am (vocative)
  • - こうぶんぼ - common denominator
  • - こうぼきん - yeast fungus
  • さん | さん - おばさん - aunt
  • - くろうんも - biotite/black or green mica
  • - こうくうぼかん - aircraft carrier
  • - こうぼ - yeast/leaven
  • - さんじゅうぼいん - triphthong
  • - ははのみこと - mother
  • - ぼかく - mother nucleus
  • - こうぼあえん - zinc yeast/zinc-enriched yeast
  • - そうそふぼ - great-grandparents
  • - じぼ - affectionate mother
  • さま | - かあさま - mother
  • - あかがねこうぼ - copper yeast/copper-enriched yeast
  • - じつぼ - real (own) mother
  • - ぼへいきん - population mean
  • | - かもじ - mother/wife
  • - てつこうぼ - iron yeast/iron-enriched yeast
  • | クラゲ - でんきクラゲ | でんきくらげ - Portuguese man-of-war (Physalia physalis)
  • - ぼしがいはんしょう - bunion/hallux valgus
  • - じゅうぼいん - diphthong
  • - かか - (in baby-talk) mother/mama
  • - しんじゅぼ - mother-of-pearl
  • - くしくらげ | クシクラゲ - comb jelly (any jellyfish-like animal of the phylum Ctenophora)
  • クシクラゲ | - クシクラゲるい | くしくらげるい - comb jellies (jellyfish-like animals of the phylum Ctenophora)
  • - せいぼ - one's real mother
  • - くらげのほね - something that one would not expect to exist (lit: jellyfish bones)/something exceedingly rare
  • - せいぼ - birth mother of a holy man (or woman) | Virgin Mary
  • - そぼ | ばば | おおば | おば | うば - grandmother
  • - そふぼ - grandparents
  • - けいふぼ - (one's) step-parents
  • - だいぼいんすいい - the Great Vowel Shift
  • - だいぼ - godmother
  • | - ほろ - canopy (esp. the cloth or canvas used for it)/awning/top (of a convertible)/hood | helmet cape/cloth covering one's back to protect against arrows during battle
  • - ぼいんこうたい - ablaut/vowel gradation | vowel shift
  • - ぼいんさんかっけい | ぼいんさんかくけい - vowel triangle
  • | | - ほろがや - tent-shaped mosquito net (often used to protect infants)
  • - きららむし - true bristletail (any insect of order Thysanura, esp. of family Lepismatidae)
  • - きょうぼ - godmother/(religious) sponsor
  • - らんぼさいぼう - oocyte
  • - せいぼひしょうてん - Assumption (of the body and soul of Mary into heaven)
  • - せいぼさいぼう - spermatocyte
  • - えちぜんくらげ - Nomura's jellyfish (Nemopilema nomurai)
  • - どうふぼ - the same parents
  • - どうぶんぼ - common denominator
  • | うば - うばぐるま - baby carriage/perambulator
  • - にじゅうぼいん - diphthong
  • 調 - ぼいんちょうわ - vowel harmony
  • - おば - (used with suffix -san or -sama) endearing term for unrelated older woman/(with suffix -san) term used by a child to address unrelated adult female
  • | - いりもや - gabled, hipped roof
  • - びぼいん - nasal vowel
  • - はんぼいん - semivowel
  • - ひつようははつめいのはは - necessity is the mother of invention
  • - ひょうおんじぼ - phonetic alphabet
  • - ふぼ | ちちはは - father and mother/parents
  • - ぶんぼ - denominator
  • - ははのひ - Mother's Day
  • - ぼこう - alma mater
  • - ぼさいぼう - mother cell
  • - ははおや - mother
  • - ぼたい - mother's body, esp. when pregnant or after giving birth | parent body/parent organization/heartland
  • - ぼはん - mole/birthmark
  • - はは - mother
  • - ぼご - mother tongue/native language
  • - ぼこくご - mother tongue/native language
  • - ははうえ - mother (term used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
  • - ぼせん - depot ship/mother ship
  • - ぼにゅう - mother's milk
  • - ぼいん - vowel
  • - ぼこく - one's homeland
  • - ぼしゅうだん - population (statistics)/parent set
  • - ぼせいあい - maternal love
  • - ぼどう - your (his) mother
  • - ぼいん - thumbprint
  • - ぼこう - home port
  • - ぼし - mother and child
  • - ぼせい - motherhood/maternity
  • - ぼたい - womb/uterus
  • - ははかた - mother's side of family
  • - ぼうぼ - my late mother
  • | - ぼしたいこうせい | おやゆびたいこうせい - ability to oppose the thumb/opposable thumb
  • - かぼす | カボス - kabosu/Citrus sphaerocarpa/type of citrus fruit
  • | | - よたか | ぶんぼちょう - grey nightjar (Caprimulgus indicus) | nightjar (any bird of family Caprimulgidae)/goatsucker | streetwalker | soba vendors who walk around at night/soba sold by these vendors
  • マリア - せいぼマリア - Virgin Mary
  • - ぼしてちょう - maternal and child health handbook
  • - ようぼ - foster mother/adoptive mother
  • - りょうぼ - dorm mother
  • - せいぼ - syllable onset
  • | - ぼし - thumb/big toe
  • | - そうそぼ | ひいばば | ひばば | ひおおば - great-grandmother/great-grandma
  • | - おおおば - grandaunt/great-aunt
  • - うば | おんば | にゅうぼ - wet nurse/nursing mother
  • | - おもや - main wing of the house
  • | - くらげ | すいぼ | クラゲ - jellyfish | medusa
  • | - ほぼ - day-care worker in a kindergarten, nursery school, etc.
  • | - ぼけい - matrix
  • - おば | しゅくぼ - aunt (younger than one's parent)
  • - おば | はくぼ - aunt (older than one's parent)
  • さん - かあさん - mother
  • さん | さん - ばあさん - grandmother | female senior citizen
  • - すいしんぼたい - nucleus (of a project proposal, of a social movement, etc.)
  • - ろうぼ - old mother/aged mother
  • - おんばひがさ | おんばひからかさ - (bringing up a child) with greatest care pampering (him, her) with material comforts of a rich family/(being brought up) in a hothouse atmosphere
  • - もうぼさんせん - the importance of creating an environment conducive to a child's learning (lit: Mencius' mother, three moves)
  • さん - おっかさん - mother (term commonly used until the end of the Meiji period)/mom/mum/mama
  • - ぼすう - (statistical) parameter
  • - ひょうぼかわけいせい - wrinkled hands from being in water/washerwoman's hands
  • - ふぼかい - a parents' association
  • ちゃん | ちゃん | ちゃん | おちゃん - おばあちゃん - granny/grandma/gran/female senior-citizen (familiar form of address)
  • - ぎりのはは - mother-in-law/foster mother/stepmother
  • - こくぼ - empress/empress dowager
  • - かふんぼさいぼう - pollen mother cell
  • - たんぼいん - short vowel
  • - じぼ - letter (of an alphabet)/syllabic character | matrix/printing type
  • - ぼしかてい - fatherless family
  • - ははぎみ - (polite reference to one's own) mother
  • - ははもの - story of maternal love
  • - ぼかん - mother ship
  • - りょうさいけんぼ - good wife and wise mother
  • - ぼしりょう - home for mothers and children
  • - ぼけい - maternal line/mother's side of the family
  • - ははご - (polite term for another's) mother
  • - ぼしねんきん - allowance for fatherless families
  • - ぼしけんこうてちょう - maternity record book
  • - ぼけいせい - matriarchy
  • - ぼけん - maternal rights
  • - ようふぼ - adoptive parents
  • り - いりもやづくり - building with a gabled, hipped roof
  • - ははこぐさ - cottonweed
  • - ぼこう - empress dowager
  • - ぼけいかぞく - matrilineal family
  • - ぼせん - generating line | bus
  • - せんすいぼかん - submarine carrier
  • - ちょうぼいん - long vowel
  • - がいそぼ - maternal grandmother
  • - きしもじん | きしぼじん - Hariti (goddess of childbirth and children)
  • - こうそぼ - great-great-grandmother
  • - だいりはは - surrogate mother
  • - たんぼいん - monophthong/simple vowel
  • - ぼいんせい - vocalic
  • - いんぼ - final
  • - じょうぼ - leaven/yeast
  • | たのもし - たのもしこう - mutual financing association
  • - ぼごわしゃ - native speaker
  • - ぼざい - welding base metal
  • - ははどり - mother bird
  • - ぼしとも - both mother and child
  • - ふぼのもと - under one's parents roof
  • - どうぼし - sisters of the same mother/uterine sisters
  • - なきはは - dead mother
  • - ははのあい - maternal love