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吗

Traditional: 嗎

má

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má

  1. (coll.) what?

mǎ

  1. used in 嗎啡|吗啡[ma3 fei1]

ma · maa3 (Jyutping)

  1. (question particle for "yes-no" questions)

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Character breakdown

吗

Meaning
final interrogative particle
Radical
口
Strokes
6
Components
⿰口马
Cangjie
RNVM
Four-corner
6702

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3. Make Me a Hanzi · LGPL 3+. Interactive stroke order is available in the study tools.

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