Mandarin Chinese has nearly a billion native speakers ... it can also mean "numb" (má 麻), "horse" (mǎ 馬), "to scold" (mà罵), or a grammar particle that goes at the end of yes/no questions ...

What are radicals used for in Mandarin? Radicals are used to group Mandarin characters in Chinese dictionaries, but they can also sometimes help you to guess the meaning of those characters.