麻 — hemp, flax

麻
Meaning
hemp, flax, numb
On reading
マmaマアmaa
Kun reading
あさasa
Strokes
11
Learned in
Junior high school in Japan

麻 in names

When I turn a name into kanji, I use 麻 for the sound “ma” (ま).

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel (CC BY-SA 3.0). Meanings and readings from KANJIDIC2 © EDRDG (CC BY-SA 4.0).