Chou Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Woman (nǚ) Character: Ma Kangxi stroke count: 13 Page 268, Entry 21 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced mu (rising tone). Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced mu (rising tone), sound of lao (rising tone). Erudite Refinements (Boya): Meaning mother. Also, a female horse. Furthermore, in common usage, it is pronounced like ma (level tone). Addressing one's mother as ma.