Definitions
(noun)
mother
(noun,adjective)
female (of animals)
(noun)
source; origin
Etymology
Pictograph of a woman kneeling, with two dots representing the two nipples that mothers use to feed their young.
About
The character 母 derives from an early pictograph of a woman emphasizing breasts to convey the idea of a nursing mother, which solidified into the traditional form featuring the woman radical 女 augmented by two dots representing breasts. While its core denotation as 'mother' has remained stable, the character has broadened semantically to function in compound words indicating female gender or the originating principle of an entity, such as in terms for mother tongue or alma mater, thereby extending its conceptual reach from the familial into the abstract realms of origin and essence.
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我的母亲很善良。
父母都很关心我。
字母表有26个字母。
我的母语是汉语。
母乳对婴儿很好。
母鸡在院子里找食物。
母校举办了一场校友会。
母亲节那天，我给母亲送了礼物。