Keyword
mother
Info
FrequencyTop 200-300
Type
Kyōiku (2nd grade) 
?
Kyūjitai ?
KankenLevel 9
Heisig105
Simplified form
Readings
はは
(16%)
かあ
(15%)
かか
(13%)
おも
(10%)
はわ
(9%)
あも
(9%)
(5%)
(5%)
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 (312 in total)
mother
mother; mom; mum; wife
mother; wife
grandmother
mum; mom; mummy; the missus
mother-in-law; foster mother; step mother
wet nurse; nursing mother
father and mother; parents
grandparents
aunt; old lady; ma'am
main building (of a manor); central room (of a house)
mother and child
holy mother; birth mother of a holy man (or woman); Virgin Mary
motherhood; maternity
mother's body (esp. when pregnant or after giving birth); parent body; parent organization; base
mother's side of family; maternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)
one's home country; one's homeland
mother's milk
mother and daughter
alma mater
aircraft carrier
different mother
stepmother
aunt; old lady; ma'am
one's real mother; natural mother; birth mother; biological mother
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
single-mother household; fatherless family
old mother; aged mother
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
aunt; old lady; ma'am
mother ship
foster mother; adoptive mother
yeast; leaven
language of one's country; mother tongue; native language
housemother; dorm mother
womb; uterus; parent body; base; basis
(one's) late mother
childcare worker; kindergarten teacher
one's real mother
affectionate mother
half-sister (younger, different mother)
Mother's Day (2nd Sunday of May)
your (his) mother
great-grandmother; great-grandma
empress; empress dowager
maternal love
mica; isinglass
old lady; ma'am
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
homeworld; home planet; mother planet
depot ship; mother ship
both mother and child
adoptive parents
baby carriage; perambulator; pram
mother goddess; earth goddess
grandaunt; great-aunt
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
good wife and wise mother
half-sibling (with a different mother)
canopy (esp. the cloth or canvas used for it); awning; top (of a convertible); helmet cape; cloth covering one's back to protect against arrows during battle
denominator
mother-in-law; foster mother; stepmother
jellyfish; medusa
mother tongue; native language; protolanguage; parent language
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
same mother
parents-in-law
auntie; older woman
Hariti (goddess of childbirth and children)
maternity health record book; mother and child health notebook
home port
grandaunt; great-aunt
(statistical) parameter
mother bird
both mother and child
main building (of a manor); central room (of a house)
maternal line; mother's side of the family
surrogate mother
nuclear-powered aircraft carrier
deceased grandmother
mother; mom; mum; wife
great-grandmother; great-grandma
deceased mother; late mother
mutual financing association
wise mother
empress dowager
mother bear
escort carrier; jeep carrier
Queen Mother of the West (an ancient Chinese goddess)
thumb; pollex
godmother; (religious) sponsor
auntie; older woman
carrier strike group; CSG
necessity is the mother of invention
mother-of-pearl
a parents' association
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
mole; birthmark
maternal rights
thumbprint
auntie; older woman
matrix (printing)
baker's yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae); brewer's yeast
old people; grandparents
building with a gabled, hipped roof
mother's boy; mother's girl
mothering; job of being a mother
mutual financing association
home for mothers and children
great-great-grandmother
Jersey cudweed (species of cottonweed, Gnaphalium affine)
great-grandparents
the importance of creating an environment conducive to a child's learning; (lit.) Mencius' mother, three moves
fritillary; Fritillaria verticillata var. thunbergii
letter (of an alphabet); syllabic character; matrix; printing type; representative character of a Middle Chinese initial consonant
tent-shaped mosquito net (often used to protect infants)
yeast mash; yeast starter
grandma; granny
welding base metal; parent metal; base material (in construction, etc.)
mother's side (of the family)
building with a gabled, hipped roof
maternity health record book; mother and child health notebook
threesome including a mother and her daughter
hallux valgus; bunion
sisters of the same mother; uterine sisters
submarine aircraft carrier
mother church; main church; church where one was baptized
base rock; country rock; gangue; host rock; mother rock; parent rock
gabled, hipped roof
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
story of maternal love
biotite; black or green mica
electorate; constituent body; elective body; electoral base
mother cell; metrocyte
give him an inch and he'll take an ell; give him an inch and he'll take a yard
pearl oyster
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
big toe; great toe; hallex
maternal grandmother
mother's boy; mother's girl
feeding an infant solely with breast milk (i.e. no formula)
maternal inheritance
Assumption of Mary (August 15); the Assumption
child who loves their grandmother; child who is doted on by their grandmother
generating line; bus
child who loves their grandmother; child who is doted on by their grandmother
common denominator
muscovite; white mica; talc
Mother (as in Mother Earth, Mother Nature, etc.)
child who loves their grandmother; child who is doted on by their grandmother
the importance of creating an environment conducive to a child's learning
the same parents
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
the apple doesn't fall far from the tree; like mother, like daughter; like mother, like son
grey nightjar (Caprimulgus indicus); nightjar (any bird of family Caprimulgidae); goatsucker
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
one's mother
mother; mom; mum; mama
seed tree; mother tree
mom; mommy; mama; mother
creeping woodsorrel (Oxalis corniculata); family crest shaped like creeping woodsorrel
kabosu (type of citrus fruit) (Citrus sphaerocarpa)
lizardfish (any fish of family Synodontidae)
aurelia (Aurelia aurita)
lacertid (any lizard of family Lacertidae, esp. the Japanese grass lizard, Takydromus tachydromoides)
matrix (printing)
Distylium racemosum (evergreen tree of the winter-hazel genus)
Portuguese man-of-war (Physalia physalis)
Nomura's jellyfish (Nemopilema nomurai)
tent-shaped mosquito net (often used to protect infants)
Amakusa jellyfish (Sanderia malayensis)
jimble (Carybdea rastoni)
northern sea nettle (Chrysaora melanaster)
gabled, hipped roof
child who loves their grandmother; child who is doted on by their grandmother
feeding an infant solely with breast milk (i.e. no formula)
habu jellyfish (Chironex yamaguchii); habu-kurage
purlin (structural beam in a roof); purline; main building (of a manor); central room (in traditional palatial-style architecture)
godmother
common denominator
widowed mother's allowance
final (part of Chinese syllable)
leaven; yeast
under one's parents roof
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
comb jelly (any jellyfish-like animal of the phylum Ctenophora)
Chlorophthalmus albatrossis (species of greeneye)
box jellyfish (Cubozoa spp.); sea wasp
Carybdeidae Tamoya (species of venomous box jellyfish)
western pearly everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea); pearly everlasting
housewives' choral group; mothers' chorus group
freshwater jellyfish (Craspedacusta sowerbii); peach blossom jellyfish
Examples (200 in total)
I came here with my mom.
This is my mother.
The boy chose to stay with his mother.