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姥

Readings

Kana: ボ、モ、うば

Romaji: bo, mo, uba

Kana

Romaji

Meaning

old woman

Stroke Diagram

Kanji Info

Stroke Count: 9

Radical Number: 38

Frequency:

Grade: 9

Skip Pattern: 1-3-6

Korean Reading: mo

Chinese Reading: lao3

Unicode: 59e5

JIS: 3138

Indexes

Nelson Index: 1213

New Nelson Index: 1212

Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3e6.2

Four Corner Index: 4441.1

Japanese Names Index: 1090

Daikanwanjiten Index: 6216

Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 3.0687

Remembering the kanji Index: 2204

2013 Kanji Learners Index: 314

Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2316

Kodansha Kanji Index: 420

Words

姥 (うば)

elderly woman; noh mask of an old woman

山姥 (やまうば、やまんば)

mountain witch

姥彼岸 (うばひがん、ウバヒガン)

double weeping rosebud cherry (Prunus pendula)

姥鮫 (うばざめ、ウバザメ)

basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus)

姥貝 (うばがい、ウバガイ)

Sakhalin surf clam (Pseudocardium sachalinense)

姥捨て (うばすて)

practice of abandoning old women

姥目樫 (うばめがし、ウバメガシ)

ubame oak (Quercus phillyraeoides)

姥捨て山 (うばすてやま)

mountain where old women were abandoned

姥桜 (うばざくら)

faded beauty

姥烏帽子貝 (おばえぼしがい、オバエボシガイ)

Inversidens brandti (species of freshwater mussel)

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