JinmeiyōPre-Level 1

Meaning

Kanji 姥

old woman

old woman

Stroke Order
Kontrol animasi urutan goresan

Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
うば
Onyomi 音読み
Nanori 名乗り
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Jōyō
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JLPT
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Frequency
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Strokes
9
Radical
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Components
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Kanji Kentei
Pre-Level 1
Similar Kanji
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Related vocabulary

Showing 11 common entries

Showing 11 of 12 entries that include this kanji.

うば

elderly woman

姥烏帽子貝

おばえぼしがい

Inversidens brandti (species of freshwater mussel)

姥貝

うばがい

Sakhalin surf clam (Pseudocardium sachalinense)

姥魚

うばうお

Aspasma minima (species of clingfish)

姥桜

うばざくら

faded beauty

姥鮫

うばざめ

basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus)

姥捨

うばすて

practice of abandoning old people, usu. women

姥彼岸

うばひがん

double weeping rosebud cherry (Prunus pendula)

姥目樫

うばめがし

ubame oak (Quercus phillyraeoides)

山姥

やまうば

mountain witch

高砂の尉と姥

たかさごのじょうとうば

(Japanese) Darby and Joan

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

そのは山のふもとで一人で暮らしている。

The old woman lives alone at the foot of the mountain.

村の人たちはあのを親しみをこめてばばさまと呼ぶ。

The villagers affectionately call that old woman baba-sama.

昔話には山奥に住むがよく登場する。

In folktales, an old woman living deep in the mountains often appears.

道ばたで困っていたに、彼は静かに声をかけた。

He quietly spoke to the old woman who was having trouble by the roadside.

そのは年は取っていても、目はまだ鋭かった。

Although the old woman was advanced in age, her eyes were still sharp.