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姥 = 女 + 老
姥 is a Japanese kanji written with 9 strokes, listed here under the keyword “aged woman”. It is built from 女 (woman) and 老 (old man). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2316.
- Keyword
- aged woman
- RTK frame
- 2316
- Strokes
- 9
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ボ, モ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- うば
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- old woman, пожилая женщина
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 姥 maternal grandmother
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 姥 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “woman” + “old man”. 姥 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
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