姑 — kanji meaning “mother-in-law”
姑
mother-in-law
- Meanings
- mother-in-law
- On'yomi
- コ (ko)
- Kun'yomi
- しゅうとめ、しゅうと、おば、しばらく
- Strokes
- 8
- Newspaper frequency
- #2041 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 38
- Chinese reading
- gū — Chinese character page
Words with 姑
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 姑息 | こそく kosoku | underhanded; unfair |
| 小姑 | こじゅうと kojuuto | sister-in-law |
| 姑娘 | クーニャン kuunyan | girl (esp. Chinese); young unmarried woman |
| 慈姑 | くわい kuwai | Sagittaria trifolia var. edulis (edible variant of threeleaf arrowhead) |
| 因循姑息 | いんじゅんこそく injunkosoku | dilly-dallying and temporizing (temporising) |
| 舅姑 | きゅうこ kyuuko | parents-in-law |
| 小心姑息 | しょうしんこそく shoushinkosoku | timid and evasive (person); timid and makeshift (approach, measure, etc.) |
| 麻姑掻痒 | まこそうよう makosouyou | things happening exactly as one pleases (wishes); someone being very attentive to one's wishes |
| 姑洗 | こせん kosen | (in China) 5th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. F sharp) |
| 黒慈姑 | くろぐわい kuroguwai | Eleocharis kuroguwai (species of spikerush) |
| 大黒慈姑 | おおくろぐわい ookuroguwai | Chinese water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis var. tuberosa) |
| 白慈姑 | しろぐわい shiroguwai | Chinese water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis) |
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