Memory phrase for the character: 姥


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Meaning

grandmother (maternal), old woman

Pronunciation

lǎo, mǔ

Explanation

Left: woman 女, right: old, experienced 老 (old man 耂 as a sitting person 匕)

Mnemonic


 
The woman of the old sitting man is: the grandmother.

Radicals

womanThe character for tall 大 shows a person 人 with outstretched arms 一. If you shift the lower strokes towards each other, you can get the: woman 女. The wider lower area can be understood as female hips?
oldA similar radical is: filial obedience 孝 and this radical 耂 stands for an old man.
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 Vocabulary

姥姥 lǎo lao  (informal) mother's mother; maternal grandmother
姥姥 lǎo lao  (informal) mother's mother; maternal grandmother
老姥 lǎo mǔ  old lady (term of modesty)
姨姥姥 yí lǎo lao  mother's mother's sister; great-aunt
姨姥姥 yí lǎo lao  mother's mother's sister; great-aunt
姨姥姥 yí lǎo lao  


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