hàn / zì / mā / shì / xíng / shēng / zì / mǎ / biǎo / shì / dú / yīn / nǚ / biǎo / shì / yì / yì

汉字“妈”是形声字，“马”表示读音，“女”表示意义。

The character “妈” is a phono-semantic compound: “马” indicates the pronunciation, while “女” indicates the meaning.