Radical 母

5 strokes

Watch the first two strokes here. Some books advocate a different order for writing the final three strokes. Sometimes, especially in handwriting, you may see the two drops merge to form a single vertical stroke.

[母语 (68) mǔyǔ native language]

[字母 (92) zìmǔ alphabet]

/ The mother is making a wheel out of icing for the birthday cake. Teddy has offered to make a chocolate mousse (but is spattering it all over the place).