嘛
ma
HSK 6
#1,626 most
frequent character
(a modal particle)
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
嘛 combines 口 mouth, sound with 麻 má, which supplies the sound. It first stood for a sound in a Sanskrit mantra. Today it mostly works as a particle, and one use marks something as obvious.
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