漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
婆: old woman, grandma
Also: wet nurse
JLPT N111 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
女 carries the meaning · 波 gives the sound
11 strokes
Three readings, and the words that use each
バba · on'yomi · in compounds
- 老婆ろうばold woman
ばばbaba · kun'yomi · on its own
- 婆ばばold woman
ばあbaa · kun'yomi
- 婆さんばあさんgrandmother
Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.
- 麻婆マーボーmapo (style of dish)
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Grace and strength! This is the radical of the feminine, representing mothers, daughters, and the many roles women have played throughout history.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · pó
Same form: 婆 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 婆 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 婆 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin pó most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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