姥 = 女 + 老

姥 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “maternal grandmother”. It is built from 女 (woman) and 老 (old).

Keyword: maternal grandmother
Pinyin (Mandarin): lǎo
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: материнская бабушка
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 姥 aged woman

Decomposition

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女 woman
老 old

How to find 姥 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “woman” + “old”. 姥 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 姥 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.