9 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level Pre-1

old woman

Kun'yomi
  • elderly woman ②noh mask of an old woman
On'yomi

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

うば 100.0%

Character Breakdown

old woman
うば ボ モ (Kentei Pre-1)
woman, female
ジョ おんな め (1st, N5)
old man, old age, grow old
ロウ お.いる ふ.ける (4th, N3)
variant of radical 125
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
spoon, spoon or katakana hi radical (no. 21)
ヒ さじ (Kentei 1)

Common Words

mountain witch
elderly woman ②noh mask of an old woman
practice of abandoning old people, usu. women
mountain where old people were abandoned (according to legend) ②position or division in a company to which an old and ineffective person is transferred ③women's college
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References

Unicode hex code 59E5
JIS X 0208 1-17-24
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 1213
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 1212
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 420
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 314
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2204
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2316
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 1090
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 6216
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3e6.2
Four corner code 4441.1