妪

See also: 嫗

Translingual

Etymology

Simplified from 嫗 (區 → 区). In current form, Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 区 ().

Han character

妪 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 女尸大 (VSK), composition ⿰女区)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 257, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1030, character 2
• Unihan data for U+59AA

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 妪 – see 嫗 (“mother; woman; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 嫗).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.