婆 — kanji meaning “old woman”
婆
old woman, grandma, wet nurse
- Meanings
- old woman, grandma, wet nurse
- On'yomi
- バ (ba)
- Kun'yomi
- ばば、ばあ
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #2435 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 38
- Chinese reading
- pó — Chinese character page
Words with 婆
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 老婆 | ろうば rouba | old woman |
| 婆ちゃん | ばあちゃん baachan | granny; grandma; gran |
| 婆さん | ばあさん baasan | grandmother |
| お転婆 | おてんば otenba | tomboy |
| 娑婆 | しゃば shaba | this world; this life |
| 老婆心 | ろうばしん roubashin | solicitude; consideration; concern |
| 産婆 | さんば sanba | midwife |
| 卒塔婆 | そとば sotoba | stupa; dagoba |
| 鬼婆 | おにばば onibaba | hag; witch; bitch |
| 塔婆 | とうば touba | stupa; pagoda |
| 阿婆擦れ | あばずれ abazure | bitch; shameless woman |
| 麻婆 | マーボー maaboo | mapo (style of dish); dish featuring minced meat stir-fried and seasoned with chili bean paste (e.g. mabo nasu) |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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