姥

姥 U+59E5, 姥 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59E5 ← 姤 [U+59E4] CJK Unified Ideographs 姦 → [U+59E6]

Translingual

Han character

姥 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女十大心 (VJKP), four-corner 4441₁, composition ⿰女老)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 260, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6216
• Dae Jaweon: page 526, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1042, character 10
• Unihan data for U+59E5

Chinese

trad.		姥
simp. #		姥

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (姥) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
姥	*ruːʔ, *maːʔ
峔	*maːʔ

Etymology 1: Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ruːʔ, *maːʔ) : semantic 女 + phonetic 老 (OC *ruːʔ).

Etymology 2: Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 女 + 老.

Etymology 1

See 老 (lǎo).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎo (lao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): nó͘ / ló

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎo
    • Wade–Giles: lao³
    • Yale: lǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lao
    • Palladius: лао (lao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵
    • Yale: lóuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nó͘
    • Tâi-lô: nóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: nor
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /nɔ̃⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ló
    • Tâi-lô: ló
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loir
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /lo⁵³/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ruːʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	姥
Reading #	1/2
No.	7667
Phonetic component	老
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	老
Old Chinese	/*ruːʔ/
Notes	老晚起分化字

Definitions

姥

1. Same as 老 (lǎo).
2. maternal grandparent

Compounds

• 公姥
• 姑姥姥 (gūlǎolao)
• 姥姥 (lǎolao)
• 姥爺／姥爷 (lǎoye)
• 姥鯊／姥鲨 (lǎoshā)

 

Etymology 2

See 母 (mǔ).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǔ (mu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǔ
    • Wade–Giles: mu³
    • Yale: mǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muu
    • Palladius: му (mu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁵
    • Yale: móuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: muX

Rime
Character	姥
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	莫補切
Baxter	muX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/muoX/
Pan Wuyun	/muoX/
Shao Rongfen	/moX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mɔX/
Li Rong	/moX/
Wang Li	/muX/
Bernard Karlgren	/muoX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mou5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*maːʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	姥
Reading #	2/2
No.	9324
Phonetic component	姥
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	姥
Old Chinese	/*maːʔ/
Notes	會意

Definitions

姥

1. old woman
2. mother
3. a surname

Compounds

• 天姥山
• 斗姥 (Dǒumǔ)

 

Pronunciation 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 姥 – see 某 (“wife”). (This character is a variant form of 某).

Japanese

Kanji

姥

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. old woman

Readings

• Go-on: も (mo)
• Kan-on: ぼ (bo)
• Kun: うば (uba, 姥); ばば (baba, 姥)

Korean

Hanja

姥 (eum 모 (mo))

1. maternal grandmother
2. midwife

Vietnamese

Han character

姥: Hán Nôm readings: mỗ, mụ

1. (negative) old lady