婆
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Translingual[edit]
Han character[edit]
婆 (radical 38, 女+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水水女 (EEV), four-corner 34404, composition ⿱波女)
Derived characters[edit]
References[edit]
- KangXi: page 264, character 6
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6390
- Dae Jaweon: page 530, character 26
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1061, character 11
- Unihan data for U+5A46
Chinese[edit]
| simp. and trad. |
婆 | |
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Glyph origin[edit]
| Characters in the same phonetic series (皮) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 陂 | *pral, *prals |
| 詖 | *pral, *prals |
| 彼 | *pralʔ |
| 柀 | *pralʔ |
| 佊 | *pralʔ, *prals |
| 貱 | *prals |
| 跛 | *prals, *paːlʔ |
| 披 | *pʰral, *pʰralʔ |
| 鈹 | *pʰral |
| 帔 | *pʰral, *pʰrals |
| 鮍 | *pʰral |
| 耚 | *pʰral |
| 狓 | *pʰral |
| 翍 | *pʰral |
| 旇 | *pʰral, *brals |
| 秛 | *pʰral, *pʰrals |
| 紴 | *pʰralʔ, *paːl |
| 皮 | *bral |
| 疲 | *bral |
| 被 | *bralʔ, *brals |
| 髲 | *brals |
| 鞁 | *brals |
| 骳 | *mbralʔ |
| 波 | *paːl |
| 碆 | *paːl, *baːl |
| 菠 | *paːl |
| 簸 | *paːlʔ, *paːls |
| 駊 | *paːlʔ, *pʰaːlʔ |
| 頗 | *pʰaːl, *pʰaːlʔ, *pʰaːls |
| 坡 | *pʰaːl |
| 玻 | *pʰaːl |
| 破 | *pʰaːls |
| 婆 | *baːl |
| 蔢 | *baːl |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *baːl): phonetic 波 (OC *paːl) + semantic 女 (“woman”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Definitions[edit]
婆
- old woman
- grandmother
- mother-in-law (of a woman); husband's mother
- woman in a particular profession
- pejorative suffix for a woman
Usage notes[edit]
In transcriptions of Buddhist terms, 婆 (MC buɑ) is often used to transcribe Sanskrit ब (ba), भ (bha) and व (va).
Compounds[edit]
Derived terms from 婆
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Japanese[edit]
Kanji[edit]
婆
- old woman, crone
- Used in Sanskrit transliterations
Readings[edit]
Compounds[edit]
Compounds
Etymology 1[edit]
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 婆 |
| ばば Grade: S |
| kun’yomi |
Possibly a reduplication of 姥 (uba, “old woman”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms
Etymology 2[edit]
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 婆 |
| ばばあ Grade: S |
| Irregular |
/baba/ → /babaː/
Alteration of baba above.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
- an elderly woman, old woman
- Antonym: 爺 (jijī)
- (colloquial) a complaint, grumbling
- Synonym: 愚痴 (guchi)
Derived terms[edit]
- 狸婆 (tanukibabā)
See also[edit]
- 祖母 (baba, “grandmother”)
References[edit]
Korean[edit]
Hanja[edit]
婆 • (pa) (hangeul 파, revised pa, McCune–Reischauer p'a)
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Vietnamese[edit]
Han character[edit]
婆 (bà)
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