# 姑

| 姑 | U+59D1, &#22993; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59D1 |
| ← 姐 [U+59D0] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 姒 → [U+59D2] |

## Translingual
### Han character

姑 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 女十口 (VJR), four-corner 4446$_0$, composition ⿰女古)

#### Derived characters

* 㑬, 𠵎, 㣨, 𢯐, 㴌, 𧍏, 𦁿, 𪂯, 𫱬, 𪦭, 菇, 𨐞

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 258, character 32
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6174
* Dae Jaweon: page 524, character 6
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1035, character 4
* Unihan data for U+59D1

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 姑 :
| Western Zhou | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 箇 | *kaːls |
| 個 | *kaːls |
| 居 | *kɯ, *kas |
| 橭 | *kaː, *kʰaː |
| 嫴 | *kaː |
| 姑 | *kaː |
| 辜 | *kaː |
| 酤 | *kaː, *kaːs, *ɡaːʔ |
| 蛄 | *kaː |
| 鴣 | *kaː |
| 沽 | *kaː, *kaːʔ, *kaːs |
| 盬 | *kaː, *kaːʔ |
| 古 | *kaːʔ |
| 罟 | *kaːʔ |
| 估 | *kaːʔ |
| 鈷 | *kaːʔ |
| 詁 | *kaːʔ |
| 牯 | *kaːʔ |
| 故 | *kaːs |
| 固 | *kaːs |
| 稒 | *kaːɡs |
| 痼 | *kaːɡs |
| 錮 | *kaːɡs |
| 鯝 | *kaːɡs |
| 棝 | *kaːɡs |
| 凅 | *kaːɡs |
| 枯 | *kʰaː |
| 軲 | *kʰaː |
| 跍 | *kʰaː |
| 骷 | *kʰaː |
| 苦 | *kʰaːʔ, *kʰaːs |
| 葫 | *qʰaː, *ɡaː |
| 餬 | *ɡaː |
| 瑚 | *ɡaː |
| 湖 | *ɡaː |
| 鶘 | *ɡaː |
| 猢 | *ɡaː |
| 醐 | *ɡaː |
| 糊 | *ɡaː |
| 箶 | *ɡaː |
| 蝴 | *ɡaː |
| 胡 | *ɡaː |
| 瓳 | *ɡaː |
| 怙 | *ɡaːʔ |
| 祜 | *ɡaːʔ |
| 岵 | *ɡaːʔ |
| 婟 | *ɡaːʔ, *ɡaːɡs |
| 楛 | *ɡaːʔ |
| 据 | *ka |
| 裾 | *ka |
| 琚 | *ka |
| 椐 | *ka, *kas, *kʰa |
| 鶋 | *ka |
| 蜛 | *ka |
| 崌 | *ka |
| 涺 | *ka |
| 腒 | *ka, *ɡa |
| 鋸 | *kas |
| 倨 | *kas |
| 踞 | *kas |
| 涸 | *ɡaːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kaː) : semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 古 (OC *kaːʔ) – a type of woman (aunt, mother-in-law).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): gū (gu$^1$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): gu$^1$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gu$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): gu$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): kû
    (Meixian, Guangdong): gu$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): gŭ
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): ko͘
    (Teochew, Peng'im): gou$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$ku
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gū
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄨ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gu
*** Wade–Giles: ku$^1$
*** Yale: gū
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gu
*** Palladius: гу (gu)
*** Sinological IPA : /ku⁵⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: gu$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gu
*** Sinological IPA : /ku⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gu$^1$
*** Yale: gū
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gu$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kuː⁵⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: gu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ku³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kû
*** Hakka Romanization System: gu$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: gu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /ku²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: gu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /ku⁴⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: gŭ
*** Sinological IPA : /ku⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko͘
*** Tâi-lô: koo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kof
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kɔ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /kɔ³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: gou$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kou
*** Sinological IPA : /kou³³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$ku
*** MiniDict: ku$^平$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$ku
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ku⁵³/
* Middle Chinese: ku
Rime :
| Character | 姑 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 模 (23) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 古胡切 |
| Baxter | ku |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kuo/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kuo/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ko/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kɔ/ |
| Li Rong | /ko/ |
| Wang Li | /ku/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kuo/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | gū |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gu$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*kˤa/
    (Zhengzhang): /*kaː/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 姑 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | gū |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ ku › |
| Old Chinese | /*kˁa/ |
| English | father"s sister |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 姑 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 4212 |
| Phonetic component | 古 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 孤 |
| Old Chinese | /*kaː/ |

### Definitions

姑
* father's sister
    From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4th century BCE
    Zhí qí cóng gū [Pinyin]
    The (paternal) nephew follows his (paternal) aunt
* husband's sister
    From: 〈孔雀東南飛〉 "The Peacock Flies Southeast" in 《樂府詩集》 "Collected songs of the Music Bureau style" by 郭茂倩 Guo Maoqian.
    Xīnfù chūlái shí, xiǎogū shǐ fú chuáng; jīnrì bèi qūqiǎn, xiǎogū rú wǒ cháng. [Pinyin]
    When I was a newcome bride, my husband's little sister just began to lean on the bed. Today when I'm banished, my husband's little sister is as tall as I.
* husband's mother
    From: The Book of Rites, c. 4th – 2nd century BCE
    Fù shì jiùgū, rú shì fùmǔ. [Pinyin]
    A wife shall serve her father-in-law and mother-in-law, just as she served her father and mother.
* woman
* nun
* mole cricket
* tentatively
* a surname

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 姑母 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 姑媽 §, 姑姑, 姑兒, 娘兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 姑姑 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 姑, 姑姑 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 姑姑 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 姑姑 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 姑姑, 姑 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 姑 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 姑 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 姑 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong (Ronghe) | 姑 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 姑媽 †, 姑 ‡ |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 娘娘 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 姑娘, 姑姑, 姑兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 姑媽 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 娘娘 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 姑媽 †, 姑姑 ‡ |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 姑媽 §, 娘娘 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 姑媽 §, 娘娘, 葉葉, 小爹 dated |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 姑媽 §, 娘娘 ‡≠ |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 姑媽 §, 娘 ≠ |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 姑媽 †, 姑 ‡, 阿姑 ‡ |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 姑媽 †, 娘娘 ‡ |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 娘娘, 大姑子 † eldest |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 姑媽 † |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 姑佬, 佬佬, 佬 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 大姑 †, 姑仔 ‡ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 大姑 †, 阿姑 ‡ |
| Cantonese | Macau | 姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 姑母 †, 娘仔 ‡ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 阿娘 †, 阿姑 ‡ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 大姑 †, 姑媽 †, 阿姑 ‡, 姑姐 ‡ |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡ |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 姑姐 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡ |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡ |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 阿姑 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡ |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡ |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 阿姑 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 阿姑 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 阿姑 †, 姑仔 ‡ |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 阿姑 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 阿姑, 大姑 †, 姑 ‡, 姑仔 ‡ |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 阿姑 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 阿姑 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 姑媽 †, 阿姑 ‡ |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 阿姑, 姑媽 †, 姑姐 ‡ |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 大姑 †, 姑媽 †, 阿姑 ‡, 姑姐 ‡ |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 姑媽, 姑姐 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 阿姑 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 大姑 †, 阿姑 ‡ |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 阿姑 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 𡜵奶 †, 姑 ‡, 姑仔 ‡, 阿姑 ‡ |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 姑媽, 姑姐 ≠ |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 姑媽 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 姑娘, 姑姑, 姑, 大娘, 大姑娘 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 姑 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 姑娘 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 阿姑 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 阿姑 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 大姑 †, 阿姑 ‡ |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 大姑 †, 細姑 ‡ |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 大姑 †, 姑仔 ‡ |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 阿姑 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 姑姑, 姑姊 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 阿姑 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 阿姑 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 阿姑 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 阿姑 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 阿姑 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 阿姑 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 大姑 †, 姑仔 ‡ |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 阿姑 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 姑, 姑姑 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 姑姑, 姑媽 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 姑姑 ∅, 姑姑啊 ¶ |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 姑姑 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 大細姑, 姑媽 †, 姑 ‡, 依姑 ‡ |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 姑姐 †, 大姐 †, 姑 ‡, 阿姑 ‡ |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 依姑 |
| Eastern Min | Singapore (Fuqing) | 姑姑 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 阿姑 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 阿姑 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 阿姑 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 阿姑 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 阿姑 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 阿姑 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 阿姑 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 阿姑 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 阿姑 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 阿姑 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 阿姑 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 阿姑 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 阿姑 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 阿姑 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 阿姑, 姑姑 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 阿姑 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 阿姑 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 阿姑 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 阿姑 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 阿姑 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 姑母, 尼姑 ‡, ∅, 姑 ‡, ¶, 父姑 ‡ |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 姆 †, 姑㜥 ‡, 㜥 ‡ |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 姑母 ∅, 阿姑 ¶ |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 姑母 †, 姑 ‡ |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 姑母 †, 姑 ‡ |
| Wu | Shanghai | 娘娘, 姑母, 姑媽 ‡ |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 姑娘 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 嬤嬤 †, 娘娘 ‡ |
| Wu | Danyang | 親嫚 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 乾娘 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 姑嬤 †, 阿姑 ‡ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 阿娘 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 娘娘, 姑 ∅ |
| Xiang | Changsha | 姑媽 §, 姑子 ≠, 大姑子 †, 細姑子 ‡ |
| Xiang | Loudi | 大唧 †, 嫚嫚 ‡ |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 大基 †, 嫚嫚 ‡ |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 姑伯娘 †, 姑唧 ‡, 嫚嫚 ‡ |
| Note | † - father's elder sister; ‡ - father's younger sister; § - married; ≠ - unmarried; ¶ - face-to-face; ∅ - non-face-to-face | † - father's elder sister; ‡ - father's younger sister; § - married; ≠ - unmarried; ¶ - face-to-face; ∅ - non-face-to-face |

### Compounds

* 七姑店 (Qīgūdiàn)
* 三姑六婆 (sāngūliùpó)
* 仙姑 (xiāngū)
* 何仙姑
* 伴姑
* 伴姑兒 / 伴姑儿
* 僕姑 / 仆姑
* 僕射姑 / 仆射姑
* 公姑
* 列姑射
* 卦姑 (guàgū)
* 固姑
* 堂分姑娘
* 外姑
* 大姑 (dàgū)
* 大姑娘 (dàgūniang)
* 大姑子
* 姑丈 (gūzhàng)
* 姑丈人
* 姑且 (gūqiě)
* 姑公
* 姑夫
* 姑太太
* 姑奶奶 (gūnǎinai)
* 姑妄聽之 / 姑妄听之
* 姑妄言之
* 姑姑
* 姑姊
* 姑姥姥 (gūlǎolao)
* 姑娘
* 姑娘兒 / 姑娘儿 (gūniangr)
* 姑娘家
* 姑娘氣 / 姑娘气
* 姑婆 (gūpó)
* 姑婆芋 (gūpóyù)
* 姑婿
* 姑嫂 (gūsǎo)
* 姑媽 / 姑妈 (gūmā)
* 姑媳
* 姑嫜 (gūzhāng)
* 姑子 (gūzi)
* 姑家
* 姑射
* 姑射神人
* 姑息 (gūxī)
* 姑息政策
* 姑息養奸
* 姑惡 / 姑恶
* 姑母 (gūmǔ)
* 姑洗 (gūxiǎn)
* 姑父
* 姑爹 (gūdiē)
* 姑爺 / 姑爷
* 姑爺爺 / 姑爷爷 (gūyéye)
* 姑老爺 / 姑老爷
* 姑舅
* 姑舅作親 / 姑舅作亲
* 姑蘇 / 姑苏 (Gūsū)
* 姑表 (gūbiǎo)
* 婦姑 / 妇姑
* 婦姑勃谿 / 妇姑勃谿
* 嫜姑
* 小姑 (xiǎogū)
* 小姑娘 (xiǎogūniang)
* 小姑子 (xiǎogūzi)
* 小姑獨處 / 小姑独处
* 尼姑 (nígū)
* 尼姑庵 (nígū'ān)
* 師姑 / 师姑
* 慈姑 (cígū)
* 摩姑 (mógu)
* 新姑爺 / 新姑爷
* 月姑
* 村姑 (cūngū)
* 火金姑
* 灰姑娘 (Huīgūniang)
* 皇姑 (huánggū)
* 皇姑屯
* 秀姑巒溪 / 秀姑峦溪
* 箕姑
* 紅姑娘 / 红姑娘 (hónggūniang)
* 紫姑
* 翁姑 (wēnggū)
* 老姑娘 (lǎogūniang)
* 胖姑
* 胡姑姑
* 舅姑
* 花姑
* 菜姑 (chhài-ko͘) (Min Nan)
* 藐姑射
* 藍姑草 / 蓝姑草
* 虎姑婆
* 豆姑娘
* 迎紫姑
* 道姑 (dàogū)
* 金僕姑 / 金仆姑
* 阿姑 (āgū)
* 雪姑
* 魯義姑 / 鲁义姑
* 麻姑 (Mágū)
* 麻姑山
* 麻姑搔癢 / 麻姑搔痒
* 麻姑獻壽 / 麻姑献寿
* 黃姑 / 黄姑

### References

* “姑”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: く (ku)
* Kan-on: こ (ko)
* Kun: しゅうとめ (shūtome, 姑)、しゅうと (shūto, 姑)、しばらく (shibaraku, 姑く)、おば (oba)

#### Compounds

* 外姑(がいこ) (gaiko)
* 舅姑(きゅうこ) (kyūko)
* 姑娘(クーニャン) (kūnyan)
* 慈姑(くわい) (kuwai)
* 姑洗(こせん) (kosen)
* 姑臧(こぞう) (Kozō): Guzang
* 姑息(こそく) (kosoku)
* 姑射山(こやさん) (koyasan)
* 梯姑(でいご) (deigo): Indian coral tree
* 麻姑(まこ) (Mako)
* 鼠姑(わらじむし) (warajimushi)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 姑
* しひとめ Hyōgai
* irregular
/sihi$_1$to$_2$me$_1$/: [shipitwome] → [shiɸitwome] → [shiɸitome]. Compound of 舅 (shihito, “in law”) and 女 (me, “woman”). See next entry.

#### Noun

姑(しひとめ) • (shihitome)
* a mother-in-law

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 姑
* しゅうとめ Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
From shihitome: [shipitwome] → [shiɸitwome] → [shiɸitome] → [shiɸutome] → [shiwutome] → [shiutome] → [shuːtome].

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) しゅうとめ [shùútómé] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ɕɨːto̞me̞]

#### Noun

姑(しゅうとめ) • (shūtome)
* a mother-in-law

##### Derived terms

* 妹姑(いもしゅうとめ) (imoshūtome), 姨(いもしゅうとめ) (imoshūtome)
* 小姑(こじゅうとめ) (kojūtome)
* 姑御(しゅうとめご) (shūtomego)
* 姑去(しゅうとめざ)り (shūtomezari)
* 蕗(ふき)の姑(しゅうとめ) (fuki no shūtome)
* 嫁(よめ)が姑(しゅうとめ)に成(な)り上(あ)がる (yome ga shūtome ni nariagaru)

### Etymology 3

* Kanji in this term
* 姑
* しゅうと Hyōgai
* kun'yomi

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) しゅうと [shùútó] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ɕɨːto̞]

#### Noun

姑(しゅうと) • (shūto)
* a mother-in-law

##### Derived terms

* 姉姑(あねじゅうと) (anejūto)
* 小姑(こじゅうと) (kojūto)
* 姑御(しゅうとご) (shūtogo)

### References

* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* 1 2 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

## Korean
### Hanja

姑 (eumhun 시어미 고 (sieomi go))
* hanja form of 고 (“mother-in-law”)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

姑: Hán Việt readings: cô
姑: Nôm readings: cô, co, go, o, cua
* chữ Hán form of cô (“paternal aunt, young lady”).
* Nôm form of o (“dialectal form of cô”).

#### References

* 1 2 3 4 Nguyễn (2014).
* 1 2 3 Nguyễn et al. (2009).
* 1 2 Trần (2004).
* ↑ Trần (1999).
* ↑ Nguyễn (1974).
* ↑ Thiều Chửu (1942).
* 1 2 Hồ (1976).