(má)

Hemp; sesame; numb.

How 麻 is written

Strokes
11
Traditional
Simplified
(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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