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吗 (pinyin ma, "question particle") is an HSK 1 Mandarin character with 6 strokes, built on the radical 口.

New
ma

question particle

Tone 0 · Neutral tone

Radical
Strokes
6
HSK
1 · tier 1a

Commonly confused with

Characters this one is often mistaken for — same number of strokes, similar silhouette, single-component differences. Curated, not derived.

Radical family

Other characters built on the same radical . Often shares meaning category.

Pinyin neighbors

Characters with the same rime -a, same-tone matches first. Many are true phonetic relatives; others are coincidental.

HanziFluency

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