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Kanji Detail for 婆 - "old woman, grandmother"

  • Meaning

    婆 means "old woman, grandmother."

    1. Old woman - An elderly female.

    2. Grandmother - A female grandparent.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    old woman; grandma; wet nurse

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    old woman; grandmother

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    (bound form) grandmother; (bound form) matron; (bound form) mother-in-law; (slang) femme (in a lesbian relationship)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    old woman; grandmother

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

    A term for elderly women. | Colloquially, parents-in-law are called 公婆. | 婆娑: See "娑" for details. Also written as 媻.
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