麻

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

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Radical 200 麻

麻 (Kangxi radical 200, 麻+0, 11 strokes, cangjie input 戈木木 (IDD) or 戈十金金 (IJCC), four-corner 0029₄, composition ⿸广林(GJV) or ⿸广𣏟(HTK))

1. Kangxi radical #200, ⿇.

Derived characters

• Appendix:Chinese radical/麻
• 𠍨, 嘛, 嫲, 𡻥, 𢠩, 𢳀, 𣻕, 𬍄, 𣊍, 𣙪, 𤎎, 𦟟, 𤾝, 𥊚, 𪿳, 𥢂, 𫃎, 䌕, 䗫, 𧫼, 𨬈, 䩋, 髍, 䲈, 𪐎, 𠞥, 𩔶, 𲊇
• 𬼳, 𠞧, 塺, 𡡉, 𡻤, 㦄, 摩, 𢊶, 𤔨, 犘, 𤯌, 𥂓, 𥉵, 磨, 𭙽, 𪪤, 穈, 糜, 縻, 𦓡, 𦗕, 𢋙, 𢋚, 䜆, 𨄬, 𢋤, 𩀪, 靡, 𢋲, 𢌁, 𩞁, 䯢, 魔, 䳸, 𢌑, 𪓹, 蔴, 𫂟

See also

• 床 菻 厤 歴 暦 痲 痳

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1515, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47888
• Dae Jaweon: page 2044, character 29
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4723, character 1
• Unihan data for U+9EBB

• Unihan data for U+2FA15

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 麻
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 厂 + 𣏟: a representation of hemp leaves.

Etymology

Etymology not clear, however PKS *Ɂŋra¹ ‘sesame’ looks remotely similar to OC.

Pronunciation

Definitions

麻

1. general name for hemp, flax, jute, etc.

   大麻  ―  dàmá  ―  hemp; cannabis

   黃麻／黄麻  ―  huángmá  ―  jute

   亞麻／亚麻  ―  yàmá  ―  flax

2. hemp fibre; linen

   麻布  ―  mábù  ―  sackcloth; linen

   麻繩／麻绳  ―  máshéng  ―  hemp rope

   • 其竹節度三尺，柔細可為索，亦以皮為麻。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     其竹节度三尺，柔细可为索，亦以皮为麻。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Tang Dynasty, Fan Chuo, Manshu, chapter 7, part 7

     Qí zhú jié duó sān chǐ, róuxì kě wéi suǒ, yì yǐ pí wéi má.

     Each bamboo joint measures three chi; thin and supple, it may be used as a rope, and its skin may also be used as linen.

3. (historical, obsolete) hemp band worn on the head or waist by a mourner
4. mourning garment; mourning apparel

   披麻戴孝  ―  pīmádàixiào  ―  to wear the hemp garments of mourning

5. (historical) imperial edict
6. Short for 芝麻 (zhīma, “sesame”).

   麻油  ―  máyóu  ―  sesame oil

7. numerous; chaotic
8. coarse; rough
9. spotty; pitted

   麻雀  ―  máquè  ―  sparrow

10. (traditional Chinese medicine) Short for 麻疹 (mázhěn, “measles”).
11. pockmark; pock

    麻子  ―  mázǐ  ―  pockmark; pockmarked person

    麻臉／麻脸  ―  máliǎn  ―  pockmarked face

12. numb; senseless

    麻痺／麻痹  ―  mábì  ―  paralysis

    麻藥／麻药  ―  máyào  ―  anesthetic

    我的腿都坐麻了。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

    Wǒ de tuǐ dōu zuò má le.

    My legs have gone numb while sitting.

13. (of foods) having the taste like one of Sichuan pepper

    麻辣  ―  málà  ―  Sichuan pepper-y and spicy

    舌頭發麻／舌头发麻  ―  shétóu fāmá  ―  to have a tingling tongue

14. a surname

Synonyms

Compounds

Japanese

Shinjitai	麻
Kyūjitai	麻󠄁 麻+󠄁? (Adobe-Japan1)
	麻󠄃 麻+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: め (me)
• Kan-on: ば (ba)
• Tō-on: ま (ma, Jōyō)
• Kun: あさ (asa, 麻, Jōyō); お (o, 麻)^{←を (wo, 麻, historical)}; そ (so, 麻)
• Nanori: あ (a); あさ (asa); あざ (aza); お (o); ぬさ (nusa)

Compounds

Etymology 1

From Old Japanese.

Likely cognate with Korean 삼 (sam, “hemp”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) あさ​ (Odaka – )
• IPA^(key):

Noun

麻(あさ) • (asa) 

1. hemp
   • c. 800: Shibunritsu Ongi (page 47)

     麻衣 阿佐衣

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. flax
3. linen

Derived terms

• 麻縄(あさなわ) (asanawa, “hempen rope”)
• 麻糸(あさいと) (asaito, “hemp yarn, hemp thread”)

Proper noun

麻(あさ) • (Asa) 

1. a surname

Etymology 2

/wo/ → /o/

From Old Japanese 麻 (wo).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) お​ (Atamadaka – )
• IPA^(key):

Noun

麻(お) • (o) ^{←を (wo)?}

1. the hemp or ramie plant
2. thread or yarn made from fibers derived from the bark of hemp or ramie stems

Etymology 3

Possibly from an altered pronunciation of asa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

麻(そ) • (so) 

1. hemp

Usage notes

Most often found in compounds.

Etymology 4

From Middle Chinese 麻 (MC mae, “hemp”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

麻(ま) • (ma) 

1. hemp (plant)
2. the bark of the hemp plant
3. thread, yarn, or cloth made from the hemp fiber, used in the past for mourning clothes in China

Derived terms

• 麻糸(まし) (mashi)

References

• Tsukishima, Hiroshi (c. 800) Kojisho Ongi Shūsei 2: Shibunritsu Ongi (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Kyūko Shoin, published 1979, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

麻 (eumhun 삼 마 (sam ma))

1. Hanja form^? of 마 (“hemp, jute, flax”).
2. Hanja form^? of 마 (“sesame”).

Compounds

• 마찰 (麻擦, machal)
• 대마 (大麻, daema)

Vietnamese

Han character

麻: Hán Nôm readings: ma, mà, mơ

1. chữ Hán form of ma (“hemp, jute; sesame”).

Compounds