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姥 (うば) — old woman | Kumi Dictionary

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Kanji
姥

姥

姥うば

old woman

Kanji Family & Relationships9 strokes

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Kun'yomi

うば

On'yomi

ボモ

old woman

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Concepts using this kanji

double weeping rosebud cherry (Prunus pendula)

mountain where old people were abandoned (according to legend)

mountain witch

高砂の尉と姥

(Japanese) Darby and Joan

ubame oak (Quercus phillyraeoides)

faded beauty

practice of abandoning old people, usu. women

Aspasma minima (species of clingfish)

Sakhalin surf clam (Pseudocardium sachalinense)

elderly woman

姥烏帽子貝

Inversidens brandti (species of freshwater mussel)

basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus)

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姥烏帽子貝
高砂の尉と姥