Kanji
姥
kanji character
old woman
姥 kanji-姥 old woman
姥
Meaning
old woman
Readings
Kun'yomi
- やま うば mountain witch
- うば elderly woman
- うば ざくら faded beauty
On'yomi
- ぼ
- も
Practice Writing
Stroke: 1/9
Related Entries
Common Words
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姥 elderly woman, noh mask of an old woman -
山 姥 mountain witch, yamauba -
姥 桜 faded beauty -
姥 捨 practice of abandoning old people, usu. women -
姥 貝 Sakhalin surf clam (Pseudocardium sachalinense) -
姥 鮫 basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) -
姥 魚 Aspasma minima (species of clingfish) -
姥 捨 てpractice of abandoning old people, usu. women -
姥 捨 山 mountain where old people were abandoned (according to legend), position or division in a company to which an old and ineffective person is transferred, women's college -
姥 目 樫 ubame oak (Quercus phillyraeoides) -
姥 彼 岸 double weeping rosebud cherry (Prunus pendula) -
姥 捨 て山 mountain where old people were abandoned (according to legend), position or division in a company to which an old and ineffective person is transferred, women's college -
姥 烏 帽 子 貝 Inversidens brandti (species of freshwater mussel) -
高 砂 の尉 と姥 (Japanese) Darby and Joan