姥 — kanji meaning “old woman”
姥
old woman
- Meanings
- old woman
- On'yomi
- ボ (bo)、モ (mo)
- Kun'yomi
- うば
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- 9
- Classical radical
- 38
- Chinese reading
- mǔ, lǎo — Chinese character page
Words with 姥
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 山姥 | やまうば yamauba | mountain witch; yamauba |
| 姥桜 | うばざくら ubazakura | faded beauty |
| 姥捨て | うばすて ubasute | practice of abandoning old people, usu. women |
| 姥捨て山 | うばすてやま ubasuteyama | mountain where old people were abandoned (according to legend) |
| 姥貝 | うばがい ubagai | Sakhalin surf clam (Pseudocardium sachalinense) |
| 姥鮫 | うばざめ ubazame | basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) |
| 姥目樫 | うばめがし ubamegashi | ubame oak (Quercus phillyraeoides) |
| 姥彼岸 | うばひがん ubahigan | double weeping rosebud cherry (Prunus pendula) |
| 姥魚 | うばうお ubauo | Aspasma minima (species of clingfish) |
| 姥百合 | うばゆり ubayuri | uba lily (Cardiocrinum cordatum) |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.