母 mǔ

1. mǔ noun mother
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: For example, in literary Chinese, 慈母多敗兒 'a mother who lavishes too much love on her children spoils them', from Han Feizi's Xian Xue (CC-CEDICT '母'; DCP 'C222'; Guoyu '母' n 3; Kroll 2015 '母' 1, p. 315; Unihan '母'; XHZD '母' 1, p. 518)
2. mǔ radical Kangxi radical 80
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
   Notes: (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7)
3. mǔ adjective female
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Nature
   Notes: Used to describe the sex of female animals; for example, 母牛 'cow' (CC-CEDICT '母'; Guoyu '母' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '母' 2, p. 315; Unihan '母'; XHZD '母' 3, p. 518)
4. mǔ noun female elders; older female relatives
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: For example, 姑母 'aunt' (CC-CEDICT '母'; Guoyu '母' n 1; Kroll 2015 '母' 1a, p. 315; Unihan '母'; XHZD '母' 2, p. 518)
5. mǔ noun parent; source; origin
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 根源 (CC-CEDICT '母'; Guoyu '母' n 4; Kroll 2015 '母' 5, p. 315; XHZD '母' 4, p. 518)
6. mǔ noun all women
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '母' 1b, p. 315)
7. mǔ verb to foster; to nurture
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '母' 3, p. 315)
8. mǔ noun a large proportion of currency
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '母' 4, p. 315)
9. mǔ noun investment capital
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '母' 4a, p. 315)
10. mǔ noun mother; maternal deity
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: mātṛ, or: mātā, Tibetan: ma (BCSD '母', p. 695; Mahāvyutpatti 'mātā (mātṛ)'; MW 'mātṛ'; SH '母' 1, p. 193)

Contained in

• 尊胜佛母(尊勝佛母) Usnisavijaya
• 难近母(難近母) Durga
• 鬼子母经(鬼子母經) Guizi Mu Jing
• 文殊问经字母品第十四(文殊問經字母品第十四) Mañjuśrīparipṛcchā; Wenshu Wen Jing Zimu Pin Di Shisi
• 佛说摩诃迦叶度贫母经(佛說摩訶迦葉度貧母經) Fo Shuo Mohe Jiaye Du Pin Mu Jing
• 佛顶尊胜佛母(佛頂尊勝佛母) Usnisa Tara
• 八种福田; 1. 三宝 2. 修道者 3. 父母 4. 师长 5. 病人 6. 残障 7. 急难 8. 弱势团体(八種福田; 1. 三寶 2. 修道者 3. 父母 4. 師長 5. 病人 6. 殘障 7. 急難 8. 弱勢團體) Field of Merit: 1. the Triple Gem; 2. spiritual practitioners; 3. parents; 4. teachers; 5. the sick; 6. the physically impaired; 7. crisis victims; 8. groups helping the disadvantaged
• 佛说七俱胝佛母心大准提陀罗尼经(佛說七俱胝佛母心大准提陀羅尼經) Goddess of Seven Koti Buddhas, Cundi Dharani Sutra; Fo Shuo Qi Juzhi Fomu Xin Da Zhun Ti Tuoluoni Jing ; Cundīdevīdhāraṇīsūtra
• 五逆; 1. 杀父 2. 杀母 3. 杀阿罗汉 4. 出佛身血 5. 破和合僧(五逆; 1. 殺父 2. 殺母 3. 殺阿羅漢 4. 出佛身血 5. 破和合僧) Five Great Violations: 1. Killing one's father; 2. Killing one's mother; 3. Killing an arhat; 4. Shedding the blood of a buddha; 5. Creating a schism in the monastic community
• 檀波罗蜜为乳母(檀波羅蜜為乳母) the paramita of generosity is a wet nurse
• 七母女天 seven mothers; saptamatr
• 佛母大孔雀明王经(佛母大孔雀明王經) Great Peahen Queen of Spells; Fomu Da Kongque Ming Wang Jing
• 七俱胝佛母所说准提陀罗尼经(七俱胝佛母所說准提陀羅尼經) Cundīdevīdhāraṇīsūtra; Qi Juzhi Fomu Suo Shuo Zhun Ti Tuoluoni Jing
• 为母说法(為母說法) taught Dharma for his mother
• 白佛光度母 White Tara; Kanakavarna Tara
• 释梵火天母(釋梵火天母) Tara; Brgya-byin me-lhatshavs-pa
• 观顶遵胜救度度母(觀頂遵勝救度度母) Usnisa Tara
• 瑜伽金刚顶经释字母品(瑜伽金剛頂經釋字母品) Yujia Jingang Ding Jing Shi Zimu Pin; Explanation of Characters in the Yoga Vajra Crown Tantra
• 佛说佛母出生三法藏般若波罗蜜多经(佛說佛母出生三法藏般若波羅蜜多經) Fo Shuo Fomu Chusheng San Fa Zang Boreboluomiduo Jing
• 白救度佛母赞(白救度佛母讚) Praise for the Goddess White Tara; Bai Jiudu Fomu Zan
• 佛母般若波罗蜜多圆集要义论(佛母般若波羅蜜多圓集要義論) Prajñāpāramitāsaṅgrahakārikā; Fomu Boreboluomiduo Yuan Ji Yaoyi Lun

Also contained in

罗马字母 、 岳母 、 航空母舰 、 母系 、 继母 、 灯塔水母 、 拉丁字母 、 祖姑母 、 母语 、 螺丝母 、 撒母耳记下 、 在家靠父母，出外靠朋友 、 叔丈母 、 母线 、 珠母 、 亡母 、 父母亲 、 姑母 、 母也天只 、 首字母拚音词 、 先母 、 鼻韵母 、 航空母舰战斗群 、 季母 、 栉水母 、 弑母 、 贾母 、 衣食父母 、 母哈 、 母女

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• Scroll 8 Protection of the Ruler of the State Dharani Sutra (Shouhu Guo Jie Zhu Tuoluoni Jing) 守護國界主陀羅尼經 — count: 121
• Scroll 7 Bhadrakalpikasūtra (Xian Jie Jing) 賢劫經 — count: 99
• Scroll 49 Fa Yuan Zhu Lin 法苑珠林 — count: 87
• Scroll 1 Mahārakṣāmantrānusāriṇīsūtra (Fo Shuo Da Hu Ming Da Tuoluoni Jing) 佛說大護明大陀羅尼經 — count: 83
• Scroll 1 Za Baozang Jing 雜寶藏經 — count: 80
• Scroll 3 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 78
• Scroll 7 Fo Ben Xing Ji Jing (Abhiniṣkramaṇasūtra) 佛本行集經 — count: 74
• Scroll 8 Fa Yuan Zhu Lin 法苑珠林 — count: 74
• Scroll 56 Mahāratnakūṭasūtra (The Great Treasures Collection Sūtra) 大寶積經 — count: 72 , has English translation
• Scroll 1 White Canopy Buddha Crown Summary Dharani Sutra (Fo Shuo Dabai Sangai Zong Chi Tuoluoni Jing) 佛說大白傘蓋總持陀羅尼經 — count: 71

Collocations

• 母胎 (母胎) 毗婆尸菩薩從兜率天降神母胎 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 59
• 火母 (火母) 事火編髮梵志取燥火鑽火母 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 16 — count: 17
• 入母 (入母) 始入母胎時 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 13
• 母腹 (母腹) 入於母腹住胎藏中 — Sutra of the Seven Buddhas 七佛經, Scroll 1 — count: 12
• 住母 (住母) 菩薩住母胎 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 11
• 从父母 (從父母) 從父母生 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 14 — count: 11
• 母生 (母生) 從父母生 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 14 — count: 10
• 小母 (小母) 其大母子語小母言 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 7 — count: 10
• 母字 (母字) 母字槃頭末陀 — Sutra on the Names of the Fathers and Mothers of the Seven Buddhas (Qi Fo Fumu Xing Zi Jing) 七佛父母姓字經, Scroll 1 — count: 7
• 降神母 (降神母) 毗婆尸菩薩從兜率天降神母胎 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 7