姥

姥 U+59E5, 姥
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59E5
← 姤
[U+59E4]
CJK Unified Ideographs 姦 →
[U+59E6]

Translingual

Han character

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

References

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

Chinese

trad. 姥
simp. # 姥

Glyph origin

Etymology 1: Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *ruːʔ, *maːʔ) : semantic 女 + phonetic 老 (OC *ruːʔ).

Etymology 2: Ideogrammic compound (會意/会意) : 女 + 老.

Etymology 1

See 老 (lǎo).

Pronunciation



Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 姥
Reading # 1/2
No. 7667
Phonetic
component
老
Rime
group
幽
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
老
Old
Chinese
/*ruːʔ/
Notes 老晚起分化字

Definitions

姥

  1. Same as 老 (lǎo).
  2. maternal grandparent

Compounds

Etymology 2

See 母 (mǔ).

Pronunciation 1



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
Baxter muX
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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
mou5
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 姥
Reading # 2/2
No. 9324
Phonetic
component
姥
Rime
group
魚
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
姥
Old
Chinese
/*maːʔ/
Notes 會意
Definitions

姥

  1. old woman
  2. mother
  3. a surname
Compounds

Pronunciation 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 姥 – see 某 (“wife”).
(This character is a variant form of 某).

Japanese

Kanji

姥

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. old woman

Readings

  • Go-on: も (mo)
  • Kan-on: ぼ (bo)
  • Kun: うば (uba, 姥); ばば (baba, 姥)

Korean

Hanja

姥 (eum 모 (mo))

  1. maternal grandmother
  2. midwife

Vietnamese

Han character

姥: Hán Nôm readings: mỗ, mụ

  1. (negative) old lady
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