麻 · má

視覚的なヒント

Hemp or flax growing in a cluster: multiple parallel strokes like dried hemp fibers.

使い方

Suggests hemp/flax plants, fiber, numbness/paralysis, or roughness.

学習メモ

Hemp/numb radical. Found in 麻 (hemp/numb), 磨 (to grind/mill), 摩 (to rub/friction).

• 林: 麻 is many hemp fibers; 林 is many trees — both have parallel strokes but different meanings.