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Kanji Detail for 姑 - "mother-in-law, aunt, for now"
姑
- Meaning
姑 means "mother-in-law, aunt, for now."
Mother-in-law - The mother of one's spouse.
Aunt - One's father's sister.
For now - Temporarily; for the time being.
- 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.
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