Keyword
mother
Info
FrequencyTop 200-300
Type
Kyōiku (2nd grade) 
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Kyūjitai ?
KankenLevel 9
Heisig105
Simplified form毋
Readings
はは
(34%)
かあ
(31%)
ば
(11%)
ぼ
(10%)
かか
(8%)
あ
(1%)
は
(1%)
Mnemonic

A pictograph of woman's breasts with nipples, turned on its side.

Used in kanji (6 in total)
strawberry
thumb
giving guidance
hemlock
Used in vocabulary (379 in total)
mother
mother; mom; wife; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); she
mother; wife
grandmother
mum; mom; mummy; wifey; dear; missus
mother-in-law; foster mother; step mother
grandparents
wet nurse; nursing mother
father and mother; parents
mother and child
main building (of a manor); central room (of a house)
aunt; old lady; ma'am
aircraft carrier
mother of a holy person; Holy Mother; Virgin Mary; Our Lady
mother's body (esp. when pregnant or after giving birth); parent body; parent organization; base
one's home country; one's homeland
alma mater
motherhood; maternity
mother's milk
mother's side of family; maternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)
mother-in-law; foster mother; stepmother
mother; wife
mother and daughter
aunt; old lady; ma'am
one's real mother; natural mother; birth mother; biological mother
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
single-mother household; fatherless family
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
mother ship
aunt; old lady; ma'am
language of one's country; mother tongue; native language
foster mother; adoptive mother
old mother; aged mother
yeast; leaven
womb; uterus; parent body; base; basis
housemother; dorm mother
Mother's Day (2nd Sunday of May)
(one's) late mother
affectionate mother
nuclear-powered aircraft carrier
(female) childcare worker; nursery school teacher
mother; mom; mum; mama
one's birth mother; one's biological mother
younger half-sister (by a different mother)
older half-brother (by a different mother)
younger half-brother (by a different mother)
great-grandmother; great-grandma
(another's) mother
both mother and child
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
maternal love
empress; empress dowager
Virgin Mary; Holy Mother
depot ship; mother ship
adoptive parents
mica; isinglass
homeworld; home planet; mother planet
maternal and child health notebook; maternity health record book
baby carriage; perambulator; pram
mother goddess; earth goddess
older half-sister (by a different mother)
mother; mom; wife; proprietress (of a shop); female shopkeeper; middle-aged woman
mother-in-law; foster mother; stepmother
different mother
half-sibling (with a different mother)
grandaunt; great-aunt
old lady; ma'am
good wife and wise mother
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
motherly; mother-like; maternal; like a mother
helmet cape; cloth covering one's back to protect against arrows during battle
denominator
home port
mother tongue; native language; protolanguage; parent language
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
stepmother
mother; wife
grandaunt; great-aunt
jellyfish
same mother
(statistical) parameter
parents-in-law
Hariti (goddess of childbirth and children)
auntie; older woman
mother bird
both mother and child
surrogate mother
main building (of a manor); central room (of a house)
carrier strike group; CSG
maternal line; mother's side of the family
great-grandmother; great-grandma
mother-to-child infection
mother; mom; wife; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); she
reliable; dependable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
grandmother
maternal and child health notebook; maternity health record book
a parents' association
deceased mother; late mother
mother bear
wise mother
Virgin and Child; Virgin Mary and baby Jesus
purlin (structural beam in a roof); purline; main building (of a manor); central room (in traditional palatial-style architecture)
mutual financing association
empress dowager
godmother; (religious) sponsor
auntie; older woman
deceased grandmother
wet nurse; nursing mother
escort carrier; jeep carrier
Queen Mother of the West (an ancient Chinese goddess)
thumb; pollex
necessity is the mother of invention
population; universe; parent set
(bringing up a child) with greatest care pampering (him, her) with material comforts of a rich family; (being brought up) in a hothouse atmosphere
mother-of-pearl
grandmother-in-law
empress; empress dowager
grandmother
nevus; naevus; birthmark
maternal rights
(one's) mother
yeast mash; yeast starter
thumbprint
auntie; older woman
building with a gabled, hipped roof
matrix (printing)
pearl oyster
great-grandparents
old people; grandparents
unsinkable aircraft carrier
baker's yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae); brewer's yeast
brewer's yeast; brewery yeast
mothering; job of being a mother
mother's boy; mother's girl
mutual financing association
submarine aircraft carrier
great-great-grandmother
home for mothers and children
kunenbo (Citrus reticulata); king mandarin
Jersey cudweed (species of cottonweed, Gnaphalium affine)
the importance of creating an environment conducive to a child's learning; (lit.) Mencius' mother, three moves
fritillary (Fritillaria verticillata var. thunbergii)
grandma; granny
hallux valgus; bunion
tent-shaped mosquito net (often used to protect infants)
sisters of the same mother; uterine sisters
letter (of an alphabet); syllabic character; matrix; printing type; representative character of a Middle Chinese initial consonant
welding base metal; parent metal; base material (in construction, etc.)
mother's side (of the family)
oyakodon; bowl of rice topped with chicken and egg (or other parent-child ingredient pairing); threesome including a parent and child
mommy; mummy; mama
mother monkey
base rock; country rock; gangue; host rock; mother rock; parent rock
mother goddess figure; goddess statue
mother church; main church; church where one was baptized
biotite; black or green mica
one's mother
building with a gabled, hipped roof
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
melanocytic nevus; pigmented nevus; nevocellular nevus
mother's boy; mother's girl
seed tree; mother tree
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
gabled, hipped roof
big toe; great toe; hallex
to have one's kindness taken advantage of; give him an inch and he'll take a mile; (lit.) to lend out the eaves but have one's whole house taken; to have a favor returned with spite
child who loves their grandmother; child who is doted on by their grandmother
mother cell; metrocyte
mother and child moving abroad for study (while the father stays and works in Japan)
mother; wet nurse
mother monkey
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
electorate; constituent body; elective body; electoral base
story of maternal love
common denominator
muscovite; white mica; talc
maternal grandmother
Assumption of Mary (August 15); the Assumption
child who loves their grandmother; child who is doted on by their grandmother
exclusive breastfeeding; feeding a baby only breast milk
to have one's kindness taken advantage of; give him an inch and he'll take a mile; (lit.) to lend out the eaves but have one's whole house taken; to have a favor returned with spite
maternal inheritance
generating line; bus
your mother
the same parents
the importance of creating an environment conducive to a child's learning
one's mother
Mother (as in Mother Earth, Mother Nature, etc.)
the apple doesn't fall far from the tree; like mother, like daughter; like mother, like son
child who loves their grandmother; child who is doted on by their grandmother
grey nightjar (Caprimulgus indicus); nightjar (any bird of family Caprimulgidae); goatsucker
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
mother; mom; mum; mama
oyakodon; bowl of rice topped with chicken and egg (or other parent-child ingredient pairing); threesome including a parent and child
mom; mommy; mama; mother
kabosu (type of citrus fruit) (Citrus sphaerocarpa)
creeping woodsorrel (Oxalis corniculata); family crest shaped like creeping woodsorrel
aurelia (Aurelia aurita)
demoness inhabiting the underworld
lizardfish (any fish of family Synodontidae)
immortal jellyfish (Turritopsis dohrnii)
lacertid (any lizard of family Lacertidae, esp. the Japanese grass lizard, Takydromus tachydromoides)
Nomura's jellyfish (Nemopilema nomurai)
matrix (printing)
spotted jelly (Mastigias papua); lagoon jelly; golden medusa; Papuan jellyfish
spotted jelly (Mastigias papua); lagoon jelly; golden medusa; Papuan jellyfish
Distylium racemosum (evergreen tree of the winter-hazel genus)
Portuguese man-of-war (Physalia physalis)
tent-shaped mosquito net (often used to protect infants)
mother monkey
Amakusa jellyfish (Sanderia malayensis)
(female) crossing guard
to have one's kindness taken advantage of; give him an inch and he'll take a mile; (lit.) to lend out the eaves but have one's whole house taken; to have a favor returned with spite
to have one's kindness taken advantage of; give him an inch and he'll take a mile; (lit.) to lend out the eaves but have one's whole house taken; to have a favor returned with spite
jimble (Carybdea rastoni)
northern sea nettle (Chrysaora melanaster)
child who loves their grandmother; child who is doted on by their grandmother
wet nurse; nursing mother
gabled, hipped roof
habu jellyfish (Chironex yamaguchii); habu-kurage
lion's mane jellyfish (Cyanea capillata)
exclusive breastfeeding; EBF
Morbakka virulenta (species of box jellyfish)
comb jelly (any jellyfish-like animal of the phylum Ctenophora)
mother goddess
godmother
common denominator
widowed mother's allowance
final (part of Chinese syllable)
leaven; yeast
under one's parents' roof; living with one's parents
under one's parents' roof; living with one's parents
monophthong; simple vowel
wrinkled hands from being in water; washerwoman's hands
nucleus (of a project proposal, of a social movement, etc.)
initial (part of Chinese syllable)
ability to oppose the thumb; opposable thumb
ablaut; vowel gradation; apophony; vowel shift
true bristletail (any insect of order Thysanura, esp. of family Lepismatidae)
(one's) step-parents
comb jellies (jellyfish-like animals of the phylum Ctenophora)
something that one would not expect to exist; something exceedingly rare; (lit.) jellyfish bones
mother; wife
population mean
zinc yeast; zinc-enriched yeast
iron yeast; iron-enriched yeast
copper yeast; copper-enriched yeast
mother nucleus
fennel (Foeniculum vulgare)
generating function
though the woman is weak, the mother is strong
though the woman is weak, the mother is strong
vowel stem verb; ichidan verb
36 Initials (system for transcribing initial consonants of Middle Chinese)
conventional aircraft carrier (i.e. non-nuclear)
purlin (structural beam in a roof); purline
budding yeast (esp. Saccharomyces cerevisiae)
International Phonetic Alphabet; IPA
mother and father
population variance
breast feeding; maternal feeding
to cancel a denominator; to clear an equation of fractions
to cancel a denominator; to clear an equation of fractions
wife's mother; mother-in-law
wife's mother; mother-in-law
(the lesson that) one should not leave things unfinished
filial piety begins with not harming one's own body (as one's entire body was given by one's parents)
filial piety begins with not harming one's own body (as one's entire body was given by one's parents)
Bopomofo; Chinese transliteration system now used mainly in Taiwan
(lit.) our debt to our parents is higher than the mountain and deeper than the sea
crown jellyfish (Coronatae spp.); coronated jellyfish
(one's) native culture
prefecture of birth; prefecture of origin
denominator and numerator
motherly; maternal
lowest common denominator; least common denominator; LCD
compound vowel; complex vowel
mother liquor
jellyfish
mica-coated washi paper
mica-coated washi paper
expressed breast milk
direct breastfeeding (as opposed to giving expressed breast milk)
melanocytic nevus; pigmented nevus; nevocellular nevus
(one's) biological mother; birth mother
half-sisters (by a different mother)
Chlorophthalmus albatrossis (species of greeneye)
box jellyfish (Cubozoa spp.); sea wasp
western pearly everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea); pearly everlasting
housewives' choral group; mothers' chorus group
freshwater jellyfish (Craspedacusta sowerbii); peach blossom jellyfish
star jelly (Nostoc commune); mare's eggs
Examples (200 in total)
I came here with my mom.
This is my mother.
The boy chose to stay with his mother.