姥 — Chinese character
姥
lǎo
maternal grandmother; midwife
- Pinyin
- lǎo
- Radical
- 38 ⼥ (Woman)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 女 老
- Formation
- ideographic — An older 老 woman 女; 老 also provides the pronunciation
- Japanese
- 姥 as a kanji
Common words with 姥
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 姥姥 | lǎo lao | (coll.) mother's mother; maternal grandmother |
| 姥爷 (姥爺) | lǎo ye | (coll.) mother's father; maternal grandfather |
| 姨姥姥 | yí lǎo lao | mother's mother's sister; great-aunt |
| 姑姥姥 | gū lǎo lao | mother's father's sister (coll.); great aunt |
| 姥娘 | lǎo niáng | maternal grandmother (dialectal) |
| 姥鲨 (姥鯊) | lǎo shā | basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) |
| 老姥 | lǎo mǔ | old lady; (old woman's self-reference) I, me |
English words written with 姥
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.