IDENTITY
麻máhemp; numb; sesame
HSK 4Top 900
CORE MEANING
hemp; numb; sesame
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.sesameHSK4
- 2.numbHSK5
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 麻hemp radical (má)
- strokes
- 11
- Structure
- semi-enclosed compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿸广林
- the shed
- hemp stalks
USAGE
Common words
麻烦máfantrouble
芝麻zhīmasesame
麻木mámùnumb
Graded examples
这件事有点麻烦。Zhè jiàn shì yǒudiǎn máfan.HSK4
This matter is a bit troublesome.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
LEARNING
Memory aid
Hemp stalks (林) drying under the shed (广) — hemp; the tingling it leaves.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #900
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
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