pó
mother-in-law
Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 波 represents the sound.
Definitions
Most common words with 婆
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
(coll.) wife | ||
matron | ||
(coll.) mother's mother | ||
grandma | ||
witch |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[b]ˤa[j] | ba | pó | 婆娑 saunter, dance |
Statistics
HSK level 4
Appears in 33.1571% of movies
953rd most common character in movies
1347th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 11 |
Unicode | U+5A46 |
Sources
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