姥
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grandma (maternal)
9 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,261 U+59E5
How 姥 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
An older 老 woman 女; 老 also provides the pronunciation
How to remember it
maternal grandmother · Heisig RSH #2297
女 woman + 老 old man
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 姥
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 刘姥姥进大观园 | Liú lǎo lao jìn Dà guān yuán | Granny Liu visits the Grand View gardens; (of a simple person) to be overwhelmed by new ex… |
| 老姥 | lǎo mǔ | old lady; (old woman's self-reference) I, me |
| 姥娘 | lǎo niáng | maternal grandmother (dialectal) |
| 姥爷 | lǎo ye | (coll.) mother's father; maternal grandfather |
| 姑姥姥 | gū lǎo lao | mother's father's sister (coll.); great aunt |
| 姨姥姥 | yí lǎo lao | mother's mother's sister; great-aunt |
| 姥鲨 | lǎo shā | basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) |
| 姥姥 | lǎo lao | (coll.) mother's mother; maternal grandmother |