婆

音読おんよみ:

訓読くんよみ: ばば

画数かくすう: 11

部首ぶしゅ: おんな(女)

Meaning

Old woman / Grandmother / Elderly lady

  • 老婆ろうば — an elderly woman; old lady
  • 産婆さんば — midwife
  • 老婆心ろうばしん — over-solicitous concern; “fussy” but caring worry
  • ばあさん — grandma; old lady (casual / colloquial)

With the woman radical , paints the image of an older woman — someone whose age, experience, and sometimes fussy care stand out. It often appears in words about grandmothers, elderly ladies, or the kind of concern that hovers warmly around others.

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