# 姥

| 姥 | U+59E5, &#23013; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59E5 |
| ← 姤 [U+59E4] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 姦 → [U+59E6] |

## Translingual
### Han character

姥 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女十大心 (VJKP), four-corner 4441$_1$, composition ⿰女老)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 260, character 9
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6216
* Dae Jaweon: page 526, character 8
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1042, character 10
* Unihan data for U+59E5

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 姥 | *ruːʔ, *maːʔ |
| 峔 | *maːʔ |
Etymology 1: Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ruːʔ, *maːʔ): semantic 女 + phonetic 老 (OC *ruːʔ).
Etymology 2: Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 女 + 老.

### Etymology 1

See 老 (lǎo).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lǎo (lao$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): lou$^5$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): nó͘ / ló
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lǎo
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lǎo
*** Wade–Giles: lao$^3$
*** Yale: lǎu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lao
*** Palladius: лао (lao)
*** Sinological IPA : /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: lou$^5$
*** Yale: lóuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: lou$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lou$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /lou̯¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nó͘
*** Tâi-lô: nóo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: nor
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /nɔ̃⁵⁵⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ló
*** Tâi-lô: ló
*** Phofsit Daibuun: loir
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /lo⁵³/
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ruːʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 姥 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 7667 |
| Phonetic component | 老 |
| Rime group | 幽 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 老 |
| Old Chinese | /*ruːʔ/ |
| Notes | 老晚起分化字 |

#### Definitions

姥
* Same as 老 (lǎo).
* maternal grandparent

#### Compounds

* 公姥
* 姑姥姥 (gūlǎolao)
* 姥姥 (lǎolao)
* 姥爺 / 姥爷 (lǎoye)
* 姥鯊 / 姥鲨 (lǎoshā)

### Etymology 2

See 母 (mǔ).

#### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): mǔ (mu$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): mou$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mǔ
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mǔ
*** Wade–Giles: mu$^3$
*** Yale: mǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muu
*** Palladius: му (mu)
*** Sinological IPA : /mu²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mou$^5$
*** Yale: móuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mou$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mou$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /mou̯¹³/
* Middle Chinese: muX
Rime :
| Character | 姥 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 模 (23) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 莫補切 |
| Baxter | muX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /muo$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /muo$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /mo$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /mɔ$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /mo$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /mu$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /muo$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | mǔ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | mou$^5$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*maːʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 姥 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 9324 |
| Phonetic component | 姥 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 姥 |
| Old Chinese | /*maːʔ/ |
| Notes | 會意 |

##### Definitions

姥
* old woman
* mother
* a surname

##### Compounds

* 天姥山
* 斗姥 (Dǒumǔ)

#### Pronunciation 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 姥 – see 某 (“wife”). (This character is a variant form of 某).

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
* old woman

#### Readings

* Go-on: も (mo)
* Kan-on: ぼ (bo)
* Kun: うば (uba, 姥)、ばば (baba, 姥)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 姥
* うば Jinmeiyō
* kun'yomi

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) うば [úꜜbà] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [ɯ̟ba̠]

### Noun

姥(うば) • (uba)
* an old woman
* (theater) a Noh mask of a old woman

#### Derived terms

* 姥貝(ウバガイ) (ubagai)
* 姥鮫(ウバザメ) (ubazame)
* 姥捨(うばす)て (uba-sute)
* 姥目樫(ウバメガシ), 姥芽樫(ウバメガシ) (ubamegashi)
* 蚊(か)の姥(うば) (ka no uba)
* 山姥(やまうば) (yamauba)

## Korean
### Hanja

姥 (eum 모 (mo))
* maternal grandmother
* midwife

## Vietnamese
### Han character

姥: Hán Nôm readings: mỗ, mụ
* (negative) old lady