Mǔyǔ shēnshēn de yǐngxiǎng zhe yí gè rén de sīwéi fāngshì.
One’s mother tongue deeply shapes one’s way of thinking.
Tips
usage
母 is more formal than 妈. Key compounds: 母亲 (mother), 父母 (parents), 母语 (mother tongue), 祖母 (grandmother), 字母 (letter of the alphabet).
Components
pictograph
母mǔ
mother
Pictograph of a kneeling woman with two dots marking her breasts - emphasising her role as a nursing mother, in contrast to 女 (woman, no dots). One of the oldest characters in the script. 母 is Kangxi radical 80 and the parent of 每, 毋, 海.
