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嫗

嫗 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 老女。
  2. 母。
  3. 女。
  4. あたためる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「女」+音符「區」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

old woman, mother

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ウ
  • オウ
Kun (native)
  • あたた(める)
  • おうな
Other languages
  • 拼音yu4
  • 한글gu
  • 한글u
  • Hán-ViệtẨu
  • Hán-ViệtỦ

Basics

Strokes
14 strokes
Radical
女(おんな)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+5AD7

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰女區

Words using this kanji

  • 嫗おうな老女。 母。 女。elderly woman

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-11
Four Corner
4141.6
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3e11.6