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姥

姥

Translingual

Han character

姥 (radical 38 女+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女十大心 (VJKP), four-corner 44411, composition ⿰女老)

  1. maternal grandmother
  2. midwife

References

  • KangXi: page 260, character 9
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6216
  • Dae Jaweon: page 526, character 8
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1042, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+59E5

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 姥

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (姥) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
姥 *ruːʔ, *maːʔ
峔 *maːʔ

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 姥
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 模 (23)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 莫補切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /muoX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /muoX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /moX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /mɔX/
Li
Rong		 /moX/
Wang
Li		 /muX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /muoX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 mǔ
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 姥 姥
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 7667 9324
Phonetic
component		 老 姥
Rime
group		 幽 魚
Rime
subdivision		 1 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 老 姥
Old
Chinese		 /*ruːʔ/ /*maːʔ/
Notes 老晚起分化字 會意

Definitions

姥

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Compounds

  • 公姥
  • 天姥山

Japanese

Kanji

姥

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

姥 • ‎(mo) (hangeul 모, revised mo, McCune-Reischauer mo)

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Vietnamese

Han character

姥 (mỗ, mụ, lão, muá)

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