Japanese

Stroke order

Syllable

ま ‎(romaji ma)

1. The hiragana syllable ま ‎(ma). Its equivalent in katakana is マ ‎(ma). It is the thirty-first syllable in the gojūon order; its position is ま行あ段 ‎(ma-gyō a-dan, “row ma, section a”).

See also

• (Hiragana) 平仮名; あぁ, いぃ, うぅゔ, えぇ, おぉ, かゕが, きぎ, くぐ, けゖげ, こご, さざ, しじ, すず, せぜ, そぞ, ただ, ちぢ, つっづ, てで, とど, な, に, ぬ, ね, の, はばぱ, ひびぴ, ふぶぷ, へべぺ, ほぼぽ, ま, み, む, め, も, やゃ, ゆゅ, よょ, ら, り, る, れ, ろ, わゎ, ゐ, ゑ, を, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ

Etymology 2

Noun

ま ‎(romaji ma)

1. 魔: demon, devil, evil spirit, evil influence
2. 間: space, timing