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    3. 婆

    婆

    婆ばば

    old woman

    N1KMT10Freq #2435Family & RelationshipsAmbiguous glossKanji11 strokes

    組

    婆婆

    The woman's face, etched by time, showed a lifetime of rolling waves. She was a grandma.

    Kun'yomi

    ばばばあ

    On'yomi

    バ

    old womangrandmawet nurse

    波女

    氵
    水
    皮
    女

    Stroke 0 / 11

    Speed1.0x

    婚娼婦姿姜娯娠媒姿姜

    Concepts using this kanji

    婆さん

    grandmother

    婆ちゃん

    granny

    お婆ちゃん

    granny

    婆

    old woman

    老婆

    old woman

    老婆心切

    grandmotherly solicitude for another's welfare

    産婆術

    maieutics

    優婆塞

    upasaka (devout male lay follower of Buddhism)

    火車婆

    evil old hag

    老婆心

    solicitude

    遣り手婆

    brothel madam

    熊手婆

    midwife

    産婆

    midwife

    町石卒塔婆

    stupa-shaped stone distance indicators placed at intervals of one chō (approx. 109 meters) on a temple approach

    提婆

    deva (being with god-like characteristics)

    お転婆

    tomboy

    麻婆茄子

    mabo nasu

    悪婆

    mean old woman

    卒塔婆

    stupa

    娑婆気

    worldly desires or ambitions

    娑婆ッ気

    worldly desires

    板塔婆

    wooden grave tablet

    婆羅門

    Brahmin (highest caste in Hinduism; traditional occupation of priesthood)

    麻婆豆腐

    mapo tofu (spicy Sichuan dish of tofu and minced meat)

    優婆夷

    upasika (devout female lay follower of Buddhism)

    阿婆擦れ

    bitch

    湯婆

    hot-water bottle

    箕借り婆

    old woman ghost from the Kanto region

    麻婆丼

    mapo donburi

    鬼婆

    hag

    塔婆

    stupa

    摩訶婆羅多

    Mahabharata (Sanskrit Hindu epic, circa 400 CE)

    妖婆

    hag

    牙婆

    broker

    お婆ん

    old maid

    婆や

    elderly housekeeper

    乾闥婆

    gandharva (heavenly musicians and protectors of Buddhism)

    娑婆

    this world

    婆娑羅

    acting without restraint

    薩婆訶

    svāhā

    糞婆

    old hag

    婆婆鰈

    slime flounder (Microstomus achne)

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    婚

    marriage

    娼

    prostitute

    婦

    lady

    姿

    figure

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    Used in vocabulary

    • 女
    • 氵
    • 水
    • 皮

    is_used_in

    • お婆ん
    • お転婆
    • 悪婆
    • 産婆
    • 塔婆
    • 婆
    • 麻婆豆腐
    • 老婆
    • 老婆心
    • 娑婆
    • 婆さん
    • 娑婆気
    • 卒塔婆
    • 婆羅門
    • 鬼婆
    • 遣り手婆
    • 娑婆ッ気
    • 阿婆擦れ
    • 妖婆
    • 婆や
    • お婆ちゃん
    • 婆ちゃん
    • 老婆心切
    • 乾闥婆
    • 糞婆
    • 産婆術
    • 火車婆
    • 優婆塞
    • 優婆夷
    • 牙婆
    • 町石卒塔婆
    • 婆婆鰈
    • 板塔婆
    • 箕借り婆
    • 熊手婆
    • 婆娑羅
    • 薩婆訶
    • 提婆
    • 麻婆茄子
    • 湯婆
    • 麻婆丼
    • 摩訶婆羅多

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    • 婦
    • 姿
    • 姜
    • 娯
    • 娠
    • 媒

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