麻 (má)
Hemp; sesame; numb.
How 麻 is written
- Strokes
- 11
- Traditional
- 麻
- Simplified
- 麻 (unchanged)
Common words using 麻
- 麻將 májiàng
- mahjong; CL:副[fu4]
- 麻煩 máfan
- inconvenient; troublesome; annoying
- 密密麻麻 mìmimámá
- close and numerous; densely packed; thickly dotted
- 發麻 fāmá
- to feel numb
- 肉麻 ròumá
- sickening; corny; sappy
- 芝麻 zhīma
- sesame (seed)
- 芝麻官 zhīmaguān
- low ranking official; petty bureaucrat
- 麻木 mámù
- numb; insensitive; apathetic
- 麻油 máyóu
- sesame oil
- 麻痺 mábì
- paralysis; palsy; numbness
- 麻花 máhuā
- fried dough twist (crisp snack food made by deep-frying plaited dough); worn out or worn smooth (of clothes)
- 麻袋 mádài
- burlap (jute fiber)
麻 in a sentence
坐太久，我的腳麻了。
Zuò tài jiǔ, wǒ de jiǎo má le.
“My legs are numb from sitting too long.”
How common is 麻?
麻 is the 1,106th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 90.7% of all running text.
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