妈 mā mother
Made up of [女 nǚ female; woman radical 38, 马 mǎ horse radical 187]Alternative traditional form of character: 媽
Made with 6 strokes.
The horse provides the phonetic 'ma' combined with 'female' to give 'mother'
Related characters
Also uses 女 nǚ component: 矮 ǎi (low) 安 ān (peace) 妇 fù (woman) 姑 gū (paternal aunt) 好 hǎo (good) 婚 hūn (to marry) 姐 jiě (elder sister) 楼 lóu (multi-story building) 妹 mèi (younger sister) 奶 nǎi (milk) 如 rú (as) 始 shǐ (to begin) 她 tā (she) 妄 wàng (absurd) 姓 xìng (surname) 要 yào (want)
Also uses 马 mǎ component: 吗 mǎ (?) 驻 zhù (to halt)