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Characters	Pronunciation Romanization	Simple Dictionary Definition
娭姐 see styles	āi jiě ai1 jie3 ai chieh	娭姐 Custom Scroll father's mother; granny (dialect); respectful form of address for older lady
婆婆 see styles	pó po po2 po5 p`o p`o po po Baba	婆婆 Custom Scroll husband's mother; mother-in-law; grandma Sahassākkha
婆媳 see styles	pó xí po2 xi2 p`o hsi po hsi	婆媳 Custom Scroll mother-in-law and daughter-in-law
媽媽妈妈 see styles	mā ma ma1 ma5 ma ma	媽媽 Custom Scroll mama; mommy; mother; CL:個\|个[ge4],位[wei4]
嫁姑 see styles	yomeshuutome / yomeshutome よめしゅうとめ	嫁姑 Custom Scroll (noun - becomes adjective with の) daughter-in-law and mother-in-law (relationship, conflict, etc.)
嫪毐 see styles	lào ǎi lao4 ai3 lao ai	Lao Ai (-238 BC), man of Qin famous for his giant penis; in fiction, bogus eunuch and the consort of king Ying Zheng's mother lady Zhao
子持 see styles	komochi こもち	子持 Custom Scroll (1) parenthood; parent or someone with children on the way (esp. an expecting mother); (2) (of a fish) containing roe (eggs); (place-name) Komochi
子母 see styles	zǐ mǔ zi3 mu3 tzu mu	子母 Custom Scroll mother and son; interest and capital; combination of a large object and a smaller one of the same type
孺人 see styles	rú rén ru2 ren2 ju jen	孺人 Custom Scroll (old) wife; mother
実母 see styles	bibo びぼ	実母 Custom Scroll one's real mother; natural mother; birth mother; biological mother; (female given name) Bibo
害母 see styles	hài mǔ hai4 mu3 hai mu gaimo	害母 Custom Scroll killing one's mother
家娘 see styles	jiā niáng jia1 niang2 chia niang	家娘 Custom Scroll (dialect) husband's mother
家婆 see styles	jiā pó jia1 po2 chia p`o chia po	家婆 Custom Scroll (dialect) mother-in-law; (house)wife
家慈 see styles	jiā cí jia1 ci2 chia tz`u chia tzu	家慈 Custom Scroll (polite) my mother
家母 see styles	jiā mǔ jia1 mu3 chia mu	家母 Custom Scroll (polite) my mother
寄母 see styles	jì mǔ ji4 mu3 chi mu	寄母 Custom Scroll foster mother
寮母 see styles	ryoubo / ryobo りょうぼ	寮母 Custom Scroll housemother; dorm mother
寶媽宝妈 see styles	bǎo mā bao3 ma1 pao ma	寶媽 Custom Scroll a mom (mother of a young child)
尊母 see styles	sonbo そんぼ	尊母 Custom Scroll (honorific or respectful language) your mother
小姨 see styles	xiǎo yí xiao3 yi2 hsiao i	小姨 Custom Scroll mother's youngest sister; wife's younger sister; sister-in-law
待產待产 see styles	dài chǎn dai4 chan3 tai ch`an tai chan	待產 Custom Scroll (of an expectant mother) to be in labor
御母 see styles	miomo みおも	御母 Custom Scroll (honorific or respectful language) (dated) mother; wet nurse
御袋 see styles	ofukuro おふくろ	御袋 Custom Scroll (colloquialism) (kana only) one's mother
德母 see styles	dé mǔ de2 mu3 te mu tokumo	德母 Custom Scroll The mother of virtue. i.e. faith which is the root of the religious life.
怙恃 see styles	hù shì hu4 shi4 hu shih	怙恃 Custom Scroll to rely on; father and mother (classical)
愚母 see styles	gubo ぐぼ	愚母 Custom Scroll (humble language) one's mother
慈訓 see styles	jikun じくん	慈訓 Custom Scroll kind counsel; mother's advice
慈顏慈颜 see styles	cí yán ci2 yan2 tz`u yen tzu yen	慈顏 Custom Scroll one's mother's loving face
我母 see styles	wǒ mǔ wo3 mu3 wo mu gabo がぼ	我母 Custom Scroll (surname) Gabo my mother
所生 see styles	suǒ shēng suo3 sheng1 so sheng tokoro ところ	所生 Custom Scroll parents (father and mother) (1) (archaism) birth parents; birthplace; (2) child; creation; (place-name) Tokoro that which is produced
拜認拜认 see styles	bài rèn bai4 ren4 pai jen	拜認 Custom Scroll to formally accept sb as (one's adoptive mother, one's master etc)
摩多 see styles	mó duō mo2 duo1 mo to mata また	摩多 Custom Scroll (See 悉曇・1) vowel (in the Siddham script) (san: matr) mātṛ, a measurer, maker, former, mother.
文殊 see styles	wén shū wen2 shu1 wen shu monju もんじゅ	文殊 Custom Scroll Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of keen awareness (Buddhist term) Manjushri; Manjusri; Bodhisattva that represents transcendent wisdom; (p,s,f) Monju (文殊師利) Mañjuśrī 滿殊尸利 -later 曼殊室利. 文殊 is also used for Mañjunātha, Mañjudeva, Mañjughoṣa, Mañjuṣvara, et al. T., hjamdpal; J., Monju. Origin unknown; presumably, like most Buddhas and bodhisattvas, an idealization of a particular quality, in his case of Wisdom. Mañju is beautiful, Śrī; good fortune, virtue, majesty, lord, an epithet of a god. Six definitions are obtained from various scriptures: 妙首 (or 頭 ) wonderful or beautiful) head; 普首 universal head; 濡首 glossy head (probably a transliteration); 敬首 revered head; 妙德 wonderful virtue (or power); 妙吉祥 wonderfully auspicious; the last is a later translation in the 西域記. As guardian of wisdom 智慧 he is often placed on Śākyamuni's left, with 普顯 on the right as guardian of law 理, the latter holding the Law, the former the wisdom or exposition of it; formerly they held the reverse positions. He is often represented with five curls or waves to his hair indicating the 五智 q. v. or the five peaks; his hand holds the sword of wisdom and he sits on a lion emblematic of its stern majesty: but he has other forms. He is represented as a youth, i. e. eternal youth. His present abode is given as east of the universe, known as 淸涼山 clear and cool mountain, or a region 寶住 precious abode, or Abode of Treasures, or 寶氏 from which he derives one of his titles, 寶相如來. One of his dhāraṇīs prophesies China as his post-nirvāṇa realm. In past incarnations he is described as being the parent of many Buddhas and as having assisted the Buddha into existence; his title was 龍種上佛 the supreme Buddha of the nāgas, also 大身佛 or 神仙佛; now his title is 歡喜藏摩尼寶精佛 The spiritual Buddha who joyfully cares for the jewel: and his future title is to be 普現佛 Buddha universally revealed. In the 序品 Introductory Chapter of the Lotus Sutra he is also described as the ninth predecessor or Buddha-ancestor of Śākyamuni. He is looked on as the chief of the Bodhisattvas and represents them, as the chief disciple of the Buddha, or as his son 法王子. Hīnayāna counts Śāriputra as the wisest of the disciples, Mahāyāna gives Mañjuśrī the chief place, hence he is also styled 覺母 mother, or begetter of understanding. He is shown riding on either a lion or a peacock, or sitting on a white lotus; often he holds a book, emblem of wisdom, or a blue lotus; in certain rooms of a monastery he is shown as a monk; and he appears in military array as defender of the faith. His signs, magic words, and so on, are found in various sutras. His most famous centre in China is Wu-tai shan in Shansi. where he is the object of pilgrimages, especially of Mongols. The legends about him are many. He takes the place in Buddhism of Viśvakarman as Vulcan, or architect, of the universe. He is one of the eight Dhyāni-bodhisattvas, and sometimes has the image of Akṣobhya in his crown. He was mentioned in China as early as the fourth century and in the Lotus Sutra he frequently appears, especially as the converter of the daughter of the Dragon-king of the Ocean. He has five messengers 五使者 and eight youths 八童子 attending on him. His hall in the Garbhadhātu maṇḍala is the seventh, in which his group numbers twenty-five. His position is northeast. There are numerous sutras and other works with his name as title, e. g. 文殊師利問菩提經 Gayaśīrṣa sūtra, tr. by Kumārajīva 384-417: and its 論 or .Tīkā of Vasubandhu, tr. by Bodhiruci 535. see list in B. N.
智母 see styles	zhì mǔ zhi4 mu3 chih mu chimo	智母 Custom Scroll The mother of knowledge; wisdom-mother; v. mātṛkā 摩.
月嫂 see styles	yuè sǎo yue4 sao3 yüeh sao	月嫂 Custom Scroll woman hired to take care of a newborn child and its mother in the month after childbirth
本母 see styles	běn mǔ ben3 mu3 pen mu honbo ほんぼ	本母 Custom Scroll (surname) Honbo upadeśa: mātṛkā: the original 'mother' or matrix; the original sutra, or work.
本船 see styles	honsen ほんせん	本船 Custom Scroll (1) mother ship; (2) this ship
殺母杀母 see styles	shā mǔ sha1 mu3 sha mu satsumo	殺母 Custom Scroll killing one's mother
母上 see styles	hahaue ははうえ	母上 Custom Scroll (honorific or respectful language) (dated) mother
母主 see styles	mǔ zhǔ mu3 zhu3 mu chu moshu	母主 Custom Scroll The 'mother-lord', or mother, as contrasted with 主 and 母, lord and mother, king and queen, in the maṇḍala of Vajradhātu and Garbhadhātu; Vairocana, being the source of all things, has no 'mnother'as progenitor, and is the 部主 or lord of the maṇḍala; the other four dhyāni-buddhas have 'mothers' called 部母, who are supposed to arise from the paramitas; thus, Akṣobhya has 金剛波羅蜜 for mother; Ratnasaṃbhava has 寳波羅蜜 for mother; Amitābha has 法波羅蜜 for mother; Amoghasiddhi has 羯磨波羅蜜 for mother.
母乳 see styles	mǔ rǔ mu3 ru3 mu ju bonyuu / bonyu ぼにゅう	母乳 Custom Scroll breast milk mother's milk
母体 see styles	motai もたい	母体 Custom Scroll (1) mother's body (esp. when pregnant or after giving birth); (2) parent body; parent organization; base; basis; nucleus; (place-name) Motai
母側 see styles	hahagawa ははがわ	母側 Custom Scroll (noun - becomes adjective with の) mother's side (of the family)
母君 see styles	hahagimi ははぎみ	母君 Custom Scroll (honorific or respectful language) (dated) mother
母喪母丧 see styles	mǔ sāng mu3 sang1 mu sang	母喪 Custom Scroll the death of one's mother
母堂 see styles	bodou / bodo ぼどう	母堂 Custom Scroll (honorific or respectful language) (form) (another's) mother
母岩 see styles	bogan ぼがん	母岩 Custom Scroll base rock; country rock; gangue; host rock; mother rock; parent rock; wall rock
母御 see styles	hahago ははご	母御 Custom Scroll (polite language) (kana only) mother
母方 see styles	hahakata ははかた	母方 Custom Scroll (1) (See 父方・ちちかた・1) mother's side of family; (can be adjective with の) (2) (See 父方・ちちかた・2) maternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)
母星 see styles	mǔ xīng mu3 xing1 mu hsing bosei / bose ぼせい	母星 Custom Scroll (science fiction) home planet; (astronomy) parent star homeworld; home planet; mother planet
母核 see styles	bokaku ぼかく	母核 Custom Scroll mother nucleus
母様 see styles	kaasama / kasama かあさま	母様 Custom Scroll (honorific or respectful language) mother
母樹 see styles	boju ぼじゅ	母樹 Custom Scroll seed tree; mother tree
母機母机 see styles	mǔ jī mu3 ji1 mu chi	母機 Custom Scroll machine tool; mother ship
母液 see styles	boeki ぼえき	母液 Custom Scroll {chem} mother liquor
母熊 see styles	hahaguma ははぐま	母熊 Custom Scroll mother bear
母父 see styles	amoshishi; omochichi あもしし; おもちち	母父 Custom Scroll (archaism) mother and father
母系 see styles	mǔ xì mu3 xi4 mu hsi bokei / boke ぼけい	母系 Custom Scroll maternal; matriarchal (noun - becomes adjective with の) (See 父系) maternal line; mother's side of the family
母胎 see styles	mǔ tāi mu3 tai1 mu t`ai mu tai botai ぼたい	母胎 Custom Scroll mother's womb (1) womb; uterus; (2) (See 母体・2) parent body; base; basis a womb
母腹 see styles	mǔ fù mu3 fu4 mu fu mofuku	母腹 Custom Scroll a mother's womb
母艦 see styles	bokan ぼかん	母艦 Custom Scroll mother ship
母體母体 see styles	mǔ tǐ mu3 ti3 mu t`i mu ti	母體 Custom Scroll (zoology, medicine) mother's body; (chemistry etc) parent; matrix; (statistics) population; parent population See: 母体
母鳥 see styles	hahadori ははどり	母鳥 Custom Scroll mother bird
母黨母党 see styles	mǔ dǎng mu3 dang3 mu tang	母黨 Custom Scroll mother's kinfolk
泰水 see styles	tài shuǐ tai4 shui3 t`ai shui tai shui yasumi やすみ	泰水 Custom Scroll (literary) mother-in-law; wife's mother (given name) Yasumi
父親父亲 see styles	fù qīn fu4 qin1 fu ch`in fu chin chichioya(p); teteoya(ok) ちちおや(P); てておや(ok)	父親 Custom Scroll father; also pr. [fu4 qin5]; CL:個\|个[ge4] father 母親 Father; mother.
牟娑 see styles	móu suō mou2 suo1 mou so musa	牟娑 Custom Scroll (or 摩娑 or 目娑 ) (牟娑羅); 牟娑洛 (牟娑洛揭婆); 摩沙羅; 謨薩羅 or 牟薩羅 musāragalva, a kind of coral, white coral, M. W.; defined as 瑪瑙 cornelian, agate; and 硨磲 mother of pearl; it is one of the 七寳 sapta ratna q. v.
珠母 see styles	zhū mǔ zhu1 mu3 chu mu tamamo たまも	珠母 Custom Scroll mother-of-pearl (female given name) Tamamo
異腹 see styles	ifuku いふく	異腹 Custom Scroll child of a different mother
病子 see styles	bìng zǐ bing4 zi3 ping tzu byōshi	病子 Custom Scroll Just as a mother loves the sick child most, so Buddha loves the most wicked sinner. Nirvana Sutra 30.
痴愛 see styles	chī ài chi1 ai4 ch`ih ai chih ai	痴愛 Custom Scroll Ignorance and desire, or unenlightened desire, ignorance being father, desire mother, which produce all affliction and evil karma.
皇妣 see styles	kouhi / kohi こうひ	皇妣 Custom Scroll (archaism) deceased Queen Mother; deceased Empress Dowager
眞母 see styles	zhēn mǔ zhen1 mu3 chen mu shin mo	眞母 Custom Scroll true mother
瞿夷 see styles	jù yí ju4 yi2 chü i Gui	瞿夷 Custom Scroll Gopā; Gopikā, a name of Yaśodharā, wife of Gautama and mother of Rāhula, cf. 憍 Gautamī; also 瞿毘耶; 瞿比迦; 瞿波; 瞿婆.
石榴 see styles	shí liu shi2 liu5 shih liu zakuro ざくろ	石榴 Custom Scroll pomegranate (kana only) pomegranate (Punica granatum); (female given name) Zakuro The pomegranate, symbol of many children because of its seeds; a symbol held in the hand of 鬼子母神 Hariti, the deva-mother of demons, converted by the Buddha.
磨多 see styles	mó duō mo2 duo1 mo to mata	磨多 Custom Scroll mātā, matṛ, a mother.
種菌 see styles	tanekin; shukin たねきん; しゅきん	種菌 Custom Scroll mother (fungal colony used to start fermentation); starter culture; seed fungus
翁姑 see styles	wēng gū weng1 gu1 weng ku	翁姑 Custom Scroll husband's father and mother
老娘 see styles	lǎo niáng lao3 niang2 lao niang	老娘 Custom Scroll my old mother; I, this old woman; my old lady (colloquial); maternal grandmother; midwife
老媽老妈 see styles	lǎo mā lao3 ma1 lao ma	老媽 Custom Scroll mother; mom
老母 see styles	roubo / robo ろうぼ	老母 Custom Scroll old mother; aged mother
考妣 see styles	kouhi / kohi こうひ	考妣 Custom Scroll (archaism) deceased parents; one's late mother and father
耶嬢 see styles	yajou / yajo やじょう	耶嬢 Custom Scroll father and mother
聖善圣善 see styles	shèng shàn sheng4 shan4 sheng shan masayoshi まさよし	聖善 Custom Scroll supreme goodness; (respectful term for sb's mother) (personal name) Masayoshi
胎教 see styles	tāi jiào tai1 jiao4 t`ai chiao tai chiao taikyou / taikyo たいきょう	胎教 Custom Scroll prenatal education; antenatal training; prenatal influences prenatal influence of the mother on her unborn baby; teaching one's unborn baby (e.g. by playing music, etc.)
舅母 see styles	jiù mǔ jiu4 mu3 chiu mu	舅母 Custom Scroll wife of mother's brother; aunt; maternal uncle's wife
舅父 see styles	jiù fù jiu4 fu4 chiu fu	舅父 Custom Scroll mother's brother; maternal uncle
舅舅 see styles	jiù jiu jiu4 jiu5 chiu chiu	舅舅 Custom Scroll mother's brother; maternal uncle (informal); CL:個\|个[ge4]
舍利 see styles	shè lì she4 li4 she li shari	舍利 Custom Scroll ashes after cremation; Buddhist relics (Sanskirt: sarira) (1) śārī, śārikā; a bird able to talk, intp. variously, but, M. W. says the mynah. Śārikā was the name of Śāriputra's mother, because her eyes were bright and clever like those of a mynah; there are other interpretation (2) śarīra(m). 設利羅 (or 室利羅); 實利; 攝 M004215 藍 Relics or ashes left after the cremation of a buddha or saint; placed in stupas and worhipped. The white represent bones; the black, hair; and the red, flesh. Also called dhātu-śarīra or dharma-śarīra. The body, a dead body. The body looked upon as dead by reason of obedience to the discipline, meditation, and wisdom. The Lotus Sutra and other sutras are counted as relics, Śākyamuni's relics are said to have amounted to 八斛四斗 84 pecks, for which Aśoka is reputed to have built in one day 84,000 stupas; but other figures are also given. śarīra is also intp. by grains of rice, etc., and by rice as food.
螺鈿 see styles	raden らでん	螺鈿 Custom Scroll nacre; mother of pearl
行母 see styles	xíng mǔ xing2 mu3 hsing mu gyō mo	行母 Custom Scroll mātṛkā, 摩德理迦; the "mother of karma", i.e. the Abhidharma-piṭaka, which shows that karma produces karma, one act producing another.
親媽亲妈 see styles	qīn mā qin1 ma1 ch`in ma chin ma	親媽 Custom Scroll one's own mother; biological mother
親株 see styles	oyakabu おやかぶ	親株 Custom Scroll (1) parent plant; mother plant; parent stock; (2) {biol} parent strain; (3) {finc} (See 旧株) (ant: 子株・2) old shares; old stock; previously issued shares
親船 see styles	oyafune おやふね	親船 Custom Scroll mother ship; (place-name) Oyafune
親芋 see styles	oyaimo おやいも	親芋 Custom Scroll mother tuber of a taro; taro corm; parent taro
覺母觉母 see styles	jué mǔ jue2 mu3 chüeh mu kakumo	覺母 Custom Scroll Mother of enlightenment, a title of Mañjuśrī as the eternal guardian of mystic wisdom, all buddhas, past, present, and future, deriving their enlightenment from him as its guardian; also 佛母.
試羅试罗 see styles	shì luó shi4 luo2 shih lo shira	試羅 Custom Scroll śilā, a stone, flat stone, intp. as 'probably a coral' (Eitel), also as 'mother'-of-pearl.
該亞该亚 see styles	gāi yà gai1 ya4 kai ya	該亞 Custom Scroll Gaea, the Earth Goddess and mother of the Titans
賢母 see styles	kenbo けんぼ	賢母 Custom Scroll wise mother
通乳 see styles	tōng rǔ tong1 ru3 t`ung ju tung ju	通乳 Custom Scroll (medicine) to unblock breastmilk flow (of a nursing mother with clogged milk ducts)

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

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