音読み: ボ
訓読み: はは
画数: 5
部首: なかれ（母）
Meaning
Mother / Mom
- お母さん — mom (polite)
- 母親 — (one’s) mother
- 母国 — home country
- 母の日 — Mother's Day
- 母性 — motherhood
More examples - tap to expand
- 酵母 — yeast
- 空母 — aircraft carrier
- 分母 — denominator
- 父母 — father and mother, parents
- 母体 — mother’s body; parent organization
母 is a pictograph showing a woman with breasts, representing nurturing and motherhood. It’s one of the earliest kanji children learn, and appears in both family-related and symbolic expressions of care or origin.