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Meanings: mother, mom, mommy 
On Readings: ボ bo
Kun Readings: はは haha
Most Used Pronunciation: haha JLPT Level: 4 (see all JLPT 4 kanji) Grade: 2 Kanji Part: 毋
Stroke Number: 5 |
Level 4 Completion
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Common jukugo
母の日 - はは の ひ haha no hi - Mother's Day
保母 - ほ ぼ ho bo - a kindergarten teacher, a nurse
頼母子講 - たの も し こう tano mo shi kou - mutual financing association
Useful Examples
Japanese: その少女はいつも母親のあとをついて回っていた。
Romaji: sono shoujo wa itsumo hahaoya no ato o tsuite mawatte ita.
English: The girl was always following her mother.
Japanese: お母さんに口答えしてはいけませんよ。
Romaji: okaasan ni kuchigotae shite haikemasen yo.
English: Don't answer your mother back.
Look alike kanji
Notes/Mnemonic
Think of a mother holding 2 babies close to her
Many example sentences are from the Tanaka Corpus as modified for use with WWWJDIC.