ま (ma), hiragana basic
ま
ma
ま row · a column
hiraganabasic3 strokes
Stroke order
katakana counterpart
Similar characters
Words with ま
またねsee you
町まちtown; neighborhood
待つまつwait
How to remember it
まTwo crossbars sit above a loop. Imagine a marionette hanging from its strings: ma.
Where it comes from
末ま
ま developed from the cursive writing of 末. The lower loop is part of that handwritten simplification.