# 母 — Mother

Frequency rank 238 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 形 (Shape), less common than 義 (Righteousness).

- On’yomi: ぼ
- Kun’yomi: はは
- Radical: 毋 Do Not (Kangxi 80)
- Frequency path: Level II of XX

Her boy is halfway out the window when she plants herself in the doorway, the long slash burning corner to corner through her body.

In words:

- お母さん おかあさん — (honorable) mother
- 祖母 そぼ — grandmother
- 母親 ははおや — mother

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