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

• 能灭诸苦救度佛母(能滅諸苦救度佛母) Duhkhadahana Tara
• 白救度佛母赞(白救度佛母讚) Praise for the Goddess White Tara; Bai Jiudu Fomu Zan
• 白衣母 Pāṇḍaravāsinī
• 母陀罗(母陀羅) mudra
• 五母子经(五母子經) Sutra on the Child with Five Mothers; Wu Mu Zi Jing ; Sutra on the Child with Five Mothers; Wu Mu Zi Jing
• 佛说圣佛母小字般若波罗蜜多心经(佛說聖佛母小字般若波羅蜜多經) Foshuo Sheng Fomu Xiao Zi Boreboluomiduo Jing; Alpākṣarāprajñāpāramitāsūtra
• 有人为父母故而行作恶(有人為父母故而行作惡) a certain person, for the sake of his mother & father, does what is unrighteous
• 七俱胝佛母所说淮提陀罗尼经(七俱胝佛母所說准提陀羅尼經) The Maha-Cundi Dharani Sutra
• 檀波罗蜜为乳母(檀波羅蜜為乳母) the paramita of generosity is a wet nurse
• 叶衣佛母(葉衣佛母) Parnashavari
• 欢喜母(歡喜母) Hariti
• 佛说佛母般若波罗蜜多大明观想仪轨(佛說佛母般若波羅蜜多大明觀想儀軌) Goddess Prajnaparamita Vidya Visualization Ritual; Fo Shuo Fomu Boreboluomiduo Da Ming Guan Xiang Yi Gui
• 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
• 冻母啰天(凍母囉天) Tumburu
• 四恩总报; 1. 父母恩 2. 众生恩 3. 国家恩 4. 三宝恩(四恩總報; 1. 父母恩 2. 眾生恩 3. 國家恩 4. 三寶恩) Four Kinds of Gratitude: 1. Kindness of parents; 2. Kindness of sentient beings; 3. Kindness of one’s country; 4. Kindness of the Triple Gem
• 大柔善救度佛母 Mahasanti Tara
• 七倶胝佛母尊 Saptakotibuddha-mātṛ
• 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
• 观顶遵胜救度度母(觀頂遵勝救度度母) Usnisa Tara
• 佛母准提(佛母準提) Cundi
• 父母恩重难报经(父母恩重難报經) The Sutra about The Parents' Deep Kindness and The Difficulty in Repaying It
• 佛母般若波罗蜜多圆集要义释论(佛母般若波羅蜜多圓集要義釋論) Prajñāpāramitāsaṁgrahakārikāvivaraṇa; Fomu Boreboluomiduo Yuan Ji Yaoyi Shi Lun
• 难近母(難近母) Durga
• 尊胜佛母(尊勝佛母) Usnisavijaya

Also contained in

母乳化奶粉 、 母音调和 、 圣母升天节 、 在家靠父母，出门靠朋友 、 三十六字母 、 母体 、 父母双亡 、 母亲节 、 首字母缩写 、 父母 、 母哈 、 二合字母 、 奶母 、 父精母血 、 母语 、 姨母 、 老母 、 同父异母 、 寄母 、 王母 、 字母表 、 单韵母 、 字母顺序 、 母老虎 、 伯叔祖母 、 曾外祖母 、 栉水母

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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 The Storehouse of Sundry Valuables (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: 58
• 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
• 从父母 (從父母) 從父母生 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 14 — count: 11
• 住母 (住母) 菩薩住母胎 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — 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