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Japanese language learning information including:

Hiragana - pronunciation and writing
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Kanji - grades 1-6 (教育漢字 Kyōiku kanji)
Vocabulary - nouns, verbs, adverbs, and adjectives
 
Kanji Grade 2 - 母

Kanji character Grade 2 母. Writing practice along with onyomi and kunyomi readings.

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Kanji Grade 2 - 母
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mother
Kun: はは、 も
On: ボ
5 strokes
Radical: mother, do not 毋 (母, ⺟)
Parts: 毋 母
 
Onyomi
母国 【ボコク】 one's home country, one's homeland
母校 【ボコウ】 alma mater
養父母 【ヨウフボ】 adoptive parents
空母 【クウボ】 aircraft carrier
 
Kunyomi
母 【はは】 mother
母親 【ははおや】 mother
母屋 【もや】 purlin (structural beam in a roof), purline, main building (of a manor), central room (in traditional palatial-style architecture)
母屋桁 【もやげた】 purlin (structural beam in a roof), purline
雲母 【うんも】 mica, isinglass
乳母 【うば】 wet nurse, nursing mother