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Kanji Detail for 姑 - "mother-in-law, aunt, for now"

姑

  • Meaning

    姑 means "mother-in-law, aunt, for now."

    1. Mother-in-law - The mother of one's spouse.

    2. Aunt - One's father's sister.

    3. For now - Temporarily; for the time being.

  • Four-character idioms with 姑

    • 因循姑息 いんじゅんこそく Listen dilly-dallying and temporizing (temporising)
    • 麻姑掻痒 まこそうよう Listen things happening exactly as one pleases (wishes); someone being very attentive to one's wishes

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    mother-in-law

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    father's sister; husband's mother

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    paternal aunt; husband's sister; husband's mother (old); nun; for the time being (literary)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    father's sister; husband's mother

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A wife calls her husband's mother 姑. Calls husband's younger sister 小姑. | Father's sisters are called 姑. | Wife's mother is called 外姑. | A general term for women. Now colloquially, unmarried women are also called 姑. | A particle. Meaning "for now." (Mencius) "For now, set aside what you've learned and follow me." | 姑息: Treating people with private affection without regard for propriety.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ko(コ) コ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    oba(おば) おば

    shibaraku(しばら-く) しばら-く

    shuuto(しゅうと) しゅうと

    shuutome(しゅうとめ) しゅうとめ

  • Strokes

    tip

    8 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    女 (onna・onnahen)

  • Related Keywords

    mother-in-law aunt for now tentatively

Sentences including 姑

  • My mother-in-law is kind.

  • She is my mother-in-law.

  • Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are a tempest and hailstorm.

  • I like my mother-in-law.

  • I'm getting along with my mother-in-law very well.

  • I'm getting along with my mother-in-law very well.

  • Is this your mother-in-law?

  • My mother-in-law never smiles.

  • I'm getting along with my mother-in-law very well.

  • In all times and places many examples of poor relations between wives and mothers-in-law can be seen.

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