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婆

old woman
Stroke count: 11

Readings

On readingバ
Kun readingばば、ばあ
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. old womanRtK
    彼はその老婆を助けることに同意した。He consented to help the old lady.tatoeba
    彼はお婆さんを襲って金を奪った。He robbed an old lady.tatoeba
  2. grandma
  3. wet nurse
  1. joker (in old maid)

Radicals and components

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Components
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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wave · water (水) · water droplets (氵) · water pistol (氵) · pelt · branch · ten (十) · needle (丨) · crotch · hook (亅) · woman (女)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 867

Compound words

老婆ろうば
old woman
婆さんばあさん
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
悪婆あくば
mean old woman
産婆さんば
midwife
塔婆とうば
stupa
娑婆しゃば
this world
闍婆ジャワ
Java (Indonesian island)
お転婆おてんば
tomboy
お婆んおばん
old maid
於転婆おてんば
tomboy
乾闥婆けんだつば
gandharva (heavenly musicians and protectors of Buddhism)
御転婆おてんば
tomboy
薩婆訶そわか
svāhā
蘇婆訶そわか
svāhā
婆婆鰈ばばがれい
slime flounder (Microstomus achne)
婆抜きばばぬき
old maid (game)
婆娑羅ばさら
acting without restraint
娑婆気しゃばけ
worldly desires or ambitions
娑婆訶そわか
svāhā
お婆さんおばあさん
grandmother
御婆さんおばあさん
grandmother
箕借り婆みかりばば
old woman ghost from the Kanto region
娑婆ッ気しゃばっけ
worldly desires
娑婆っ気しゃばっけ
worldly desires

Additional Examples

突然の恐怖に老婆は心臓麻痺を起こした。
Fright gave the old lady heart failure.tatoeba
昔、小さな島に老婆が住んでいました。
Once there lived an old woman on a small island.tatoeba

Stroke Order

11 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 婆

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