嫗

Translingual

Han character

嫗 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 女尸口口 (VSRR), four-corner 4141₆, composition ⿰女區)

1. old woman, hag

Descendants

• 妪

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 269, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6640
• Dae Jaweon: page 537, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1076, character 4
• Unihan data for U+5AD7

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 嫗
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qos) : semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 區 (OC *qoː, *kʰo).

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ʔu (“egg; bird”).

Pronunciation 1 is a departing tone derivation from pronunciation 2, literally "the one who is breeding" (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

嫗

1. ^† mother
2. ^† (old) woman

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

嫗

1. ^† (of birds) to incubate; to sit on eggs
2. ^† to warm with one's body
3. ^† to raise; to nurture
4. ^† friendly; affable

Compounds

References

• “嫗”, 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

Alternative forms

• 𪥽

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: う (u)
• Kan-on: う (u)
• Kan’yō-on: おう (ō)
• Kun: おうな (ōna, 嫗); あたためる (atatameru, 嫗める)

Etymology

Originally /omi1na/. Likely realized as (see Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai). The initial /o/ expressed "grown, large" and contrasted with /wo/ "young, youth" found in womina "woman". Contrasts with 翁 (okina).

Noun

嫗(おみな) • (omina) 

1. a grown woman
2. an old woman

Korean

Hanja

嫗 • (gu) (hangeul 구, revised gu, McCune–Reischauer ku)

1. old woman, hag

Vietnamese

Han character

嫗: Hán Nôm readings: ẩu

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