姆
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(old) female tutor; used in 保姆[bao3 mu3]
8 strokes
Dict coverage rank #854 U+59C6
How 姆 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
女 (semantic, “woman”) + 母 (phonetic, mǔ)
How to remember it
nanny · Heisig RSH #1520
女 woman + 母 mother
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 母
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 母 (mǔ) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 母 sound component | mǔ | mother; female elders; female |
| 毒 | dú | poison, venom; drug, narcotic |
| 每 | měi | each, every |
| 拇 | mǔ | thumb; big toe |
| 呣 | m | interjection or exclamation indicating a question |
Words containing 姆
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 拉姆安拉 | Lā mǔ ān lā | Ramallah |
| 格里姆斯塔 | Gé lǐ mǔ sī tǎ | Grimstad (city in Agder, Norway) |
| 库尔特·瓦尔德海姆 | Kù ěr tè · Wǎ ěr dé hǎi mǔ | Kurt Waldheim (1918-2007), Austrian diplomat and politician, secretary-general of UN 1972-… |
| 姆巴巴内 | Mǔ bā bā nèi | Mbabane, administrative capital of Eswatini |
| 米特·罗姆尼 | Mǐ tè · Luó mǔ ní | Mitt Romney (1947-), US Republican contender 2012 |
| 罗姆人 | Luó mǔ rén | Romani, an ethnic group of Europe |
| 阿姆哈拉 | Ā mǔ hā lā | Amhara (province, language and ethnic group of Ethiopia); Amharic; Ethiopian |
| 布鲁姆斯伯里 | Bù lǔ mǔ sī bó lǐ | Bloomsbury, London district |
| 克林姆 | kè lín mǔ | cream (loanword) |
| 阿姆斯特丹 | Ā mǔ sī tè dān | Amsterdam, capital of Netherlands |
| 格拉汉姆 | Gé lā hàn mǔ | Graham or Graeme (name) |
| 阿姆河 | Ā mǔ Hé | Amu Darya, the biggest river of Central Asia, from Pamir to Aral sea, forming the boundary… |
| 古根海姆 | Gǔ gēn hǎi mǔ | Guggenheim (name) |
| 兰姆打 | lán mǔ dǎ | lambda (Greek letter Λλ) |
| 卡拉姆昌德 | Kǎ lā mǔ chāng dé | Karamchand (name) |
| 克里姆林宫 | Kè lǐ mǔ lín Gōng | the Kremlin |
| 木卡姆 | mù kǎ mǔ | muqam, any of a set of 12 melody types used in the music of the Uyghurs |
| 汤姆·克兰西 | Tāng mǔ · Kè lán xī | Tom Clancy (1947-2013), US author |
| 临时保姆 | lín shí bǎo mǔ | temporary caregiver; babysitter |
| 罗姆酒 | luó mǔ jiǔ | (loanword) rum |