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婆 = 女 + 波
婆 is a Japanese kanji written with 11 strokes, listed here under the keyword “old woman”. It is built from 女 (woman) and 波 (waves). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 867.
- Keyword
- old woman
- RTK frame
- 867
- Strokes
- 11
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- バ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- ばば, ばあ
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- старая женщина
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 婆 old woman
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 婆 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “woman” + “waves”. 婆 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
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