Translingual

Han character

嗎 (radical 30 口+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 口尸手火 (RSQF), four-corner 6102₇, composition ⿰口馬)

References

• KangXi: page 202, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4065
• Dae Jaweon: page 425, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 664, character 10
• Unihan data for U+55CE

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲) : phonetic 馬 ‎(OC *mraːʔ) + semantic 口.

Pronunciation

Particle

嗎

1. (Beginning Mandarin) final interrogative particle on a yes/no question

   你喜歡嗎？ / 你喜欢吗？  ―  Nǐ xǐhuān ma?  ―  Do you like it?

Usage notes

The particle 嗎 allows turning an affirmative sentence into a interrogative sentence without modifying the sentence order.

他喜歡。 / 他喜欢。  ―  Tā xǐhuān.  ―  He likes it.

他喜歡嗎？ / 他喜欢吗？  ―  Tā xǐhuān ma?  ―  Does he like it?

See also

• (Wu) 𠲎 (féi)
• Question particle: 呢 (ne) (reciprocal questions).

Pronunciation

Noun

嗎

1. Used as a phonetic character.

   嗎啡 / 吗啡  ―  mǎfēi  ―  morphine

   嗎哪 / 吗哪  ―  mǎnǎ  ―  manna

References

• 嗎 in CEDICT on MDBG

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: ば (ba)

Korean

Hanja

嗎 • ‎(ma) (hangeul 마, revised ma, McCune-Reischauer ma)

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Vietnamese

Han character

嗎 (mạ, mửa, ma, mớ, mắng, mỉa, mứa, mựa)

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