婆 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

old woman, grandma, wet nurse

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • JHS
Kun (native)
  • ばば
  • ばあ
Other languages
  • 拼音po2
  • 한글pa
  • Hán-Việt

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
11 strokes
Radical
子(こ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+5A46

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱波女

Words using this kanji

  • 婆さんばあさんgrandmother, old woman, female senior citizen
  • 婆ちゃんばあちゃんgranny, grandma, gran, old lady
  • ばばold woman, joker (in old maid)
  • ばばあold woman, hag, old bag
  • 婆やばあやelderly housekeeper, elderly maid, wet nurse, nanny
  • 婆羅門バラモンBrahmin (highest caste in Hinduism; traditional occupation of priesthood), Brahmanism, priest of Brahmanism
  • 婆婆鰈ばばがれいslime flounder (Microstomus achne)
  • 婆娑羅ばさらacting without restraint, self-indulgence, wild license, eccentricity

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(47 results)

Similar-looking kanji

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-8-3
Four Corner
3440.4
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3e8.9
Heisig
867
Nelson
1234