嬤

See also: 嬷

嬤 U+5B24, 嬤 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B24 ← 嬣 [U+5B23] CJK Unified Ideographs 嬥 → [U+5B25]

Translingual

Han character

嬤 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 女戈金戈 (VICI), four-corner 4043₂, composition ⿰女麼)

1. mother

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 272, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6809
• Dae Jaweon: page 540, character 38
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1087, character 14
• Unihan data for U+5B24

Chinese

trad.		嬤
simp.		嬷

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mó (mo²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maa¹ / mo¹ / maa⁴
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹mo

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mó
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mó
    • Wade–Giles: mo²
    • Yale: mwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mo
    • Palladius: мо (mo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: maa¹ / mo¹ / maa⁴
    • Yale: mā / mō / màh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maa¹ / mo¹ / maa⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ma¹ / mo¹ / ma⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maː⁵⁵/, /mɔː⁵⁵/, /maː²¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹mo
    • MiniDict: 'mo^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹'mo
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mo⁵³/

Definitions

嬤

1. Only used in 嬤嬤／嬷嬷 (mómo).

Compounds

• 奶嬤嬤／奶嬷嬷
• 嬤嬤／嬷嬷
• 嬤嬤媽／嬷嬷妈
• 嬤嬤爹／嬷嬷爹
• 老嬤／老嬷
• 老嬤嬤／老嬷嬷

 

References

• (Cantonese) 粵音資料集叢

Japanese

Kanji

嬤

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ま (ma)
• Kan-on: ば (ba)