| 母 | 643A10 41.50 | 部居  | 畫數 5 | ㄇㄨˇ [mu3] | ||
| N. | (1) Mother, usu. 母親：親生母，親母 real mother; 母道 maternity (dignity of mother), motherhood; 母子之情 mother and child love; 家母 my mother; 繼母 stepmother; 義母，契母 adopted mother; 慈母 (slightly litr.) mother. (2) Part of term for aunts and elderly female relatives: 伯母，叔母（嬸母） wife of father's elder, younger brother; 姑母 father's sister; 姨母 maternal aunt; 舅母，妗母 wife of mother's brother; 祖母 grandmother. (3) Part of term for elderly woman: 乳母 wet nurse. (4) Alphabet, sound element: 字母 letter of alphabet; 聲母 consonant; 韻母 vowel, syllabary. (5) A surname. | |||||
| Adj. | Female of species: 這是母的 this is a female; 母雞，母鴨，母牛 hen, duck, cow, cf. 牝 10C.70, 牡 10C.11. | |||||
| Words | 1. 母愛 [mu3ai4], n., maternal love. 2. 母錢 [mu3qian2], n., capital, investment capital, opp. 利錢，子息 interest. 3. 母親 [mu3qin1], n., gen. term for mother; 母親節 [mu3qin1jie2], Mother's Day. 4. 母權 [mu3qUan2], n., maternal authority; matriarchy. 5. 母範 [mu3fan4], n., model mother. 6. 母國 [mu3guo2], n., mother country. 7. 母后 [mu3hou4], n., queen-mother. 8. 母猴 [mu3hou2], n., see 獼 猴 91C.42. 9. 母艦 [mu3jian4], n., aircraft carrier (also) 航空母艦. 10. 母教 [mu3jiao4], n., mother's upbringing of child. 11. 母舅 [mu3jiu4], n., mother's brother. 12. 母校 [mu3xiao4], n., mother school, alma mater. 13. 母系（社會） [mu3xi4] ([she4hui4]), n., matriarchal society. 14. 母性 [mu3xing4], n., maternal instinct. 15. 母數 [mu3shu4], n., (math.) denominator of a fraction. 16. 母胎 [mu3tai1], n., mother's womb. 17. 母音 [mu3yin1], n., vowel (more commonly 元音). 18. 母儀 [mu3yi2], n., model mother. | |||||