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

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
姥	ruːʔ, maːʔ
峔	*maːʔ

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

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǎo (lao³)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): nó͘ / ló

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lǎo
  - Wade–Giles: lao³
  - Yale: lǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lao
  - Palladius: лао (lao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: lou⁵
  - Yale: lóuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nó͘
  - Tâi-lô: nóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: nor
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /nɔ̃⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ló
  - Tâi-lô: ló
  - Phofsit Daibuun: loir
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /lo⁵³/

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ruːʔ/

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

Same as 老 (lǎo).
maternal grandparent

Compounds

公姥
姑姥姥 (gūlǎolao)
姥姥 (lǎolao)
姥爺 / 姥爷 (lǎoye)
姥鯊 / 姥鲨 (lǎoshā)

Etymology 2

See 母 (mǔ).

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mǔ (mu³)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mǔ
  - Wade–Giles: mu³
  - Yale: mǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muu
  - Palladius: му (mu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: mou⁵
  - Yale: móuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: mou⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯¹³/

Middle Chinese: muX

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	/muo^X/
Pan Wuyun	/muo^X/
Shao Rongfen	/mo^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mɔ^X/
Li Rong	/mo^X/
Wang Li	/mu^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/muo^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mou⁵

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*maːʔ/

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

Definitions

姥

Compounds

天姥山
斗姥 (Dǒumǔ)

Pronunciation 2

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

Japanese

Kanji

姥

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

old woman

Readings

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

Etymology

Kanji in this term
姥
うば Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) うば [úꜜbà] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ba̠]

Noun

姥(うば) • (uba)

an old woman
(theater) a Noh mask of a old woman

Derived terms

Korean

Hanja

姥 (eum 모 (mo))

maternal grandmother
midwife

Vietnamese

Han character

姥: Hán Nôm readings: mỗ, mụ

(negative) old lady