婆

婆 U+5A46, 婆 ← 婅[U+5A45] CJK Unified Ideographs 婇 →[U+5A47]

婆 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+8, 11 strokes, Cangjie input 水水女 (EEV), four-corner 34404, composition ⿱波女)

• 嘙, 𫾀, 𪳪, 𡼃, 蔢

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 264, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6390
• Dae Jaweon: page 530, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1061, character 11
• Unihan data for U+5A46

trad. 婆 simp. # 婆

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *baːl): phonetic 波 (OC *paːl) + semantic 女 (“woman”).

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pʷa-n ~ *bʷa-n (“grandmother”). Cognate with Burmese ဘွား (bhwa:, “grandmother”) (STEDT).

婆

1. old woman
2. grandmother
3. mother-in-law (of a woman); husband’s mother 公婆 ― gōngpó ― parents-in-law (of a woman) 婆媳 ― póxí ― mother-in-law and daughter-in-law
4. woman in a particular profession 媒婆 ― méipó ― female matchmaker
5. pejorative suffix for a woman 肥婆 ― féipó ― fat woman
6. (ACG, neologism) Short for 老婆 (lǎopo, “wife”)

In transcriptions of Buddhist terms, 婆 (MC ba) is often used to transcribe Sanskrit ब (ba), भ (bha) and व (va), e.g. 濕婆 / 湿婆 (Shīpó, “Shiva”).

(Jōyō kanji)

• Go-on: ば (ba, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: は (ha)
• Tō-on: ほ (ho)
• Kun: ばあ (bā, 婆)、ばば (baba, 婆)

Kanji in this term 婆 ばばGrade: S kun’yomi

Possibly a reduplication of 姥 (uba, “old woman”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

• (Tokyo) ばば [báꜜbà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
• IPA(key): [ba̠ba̠]

婆(ばば) • (baba)

1. an elderly woman, old woman Synonyms: 老女 (rōjo), 老婆 (rōba) Antonym: 爺 (jiji)
2. (card games) Old Maid

Kanji in this term 婆 ばばあGrade: S irregular

/baba/ → /babaː/

Alteration of baba above.

• (Tokyo) ばばあ [bàbáꜜà] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
• IPA(key): [ba̠ba̠ː]

婆(ばばあ) • (babā)

1. an elderly woman, old woman Antonym: 爺 (jijī)
2. (colloquial) a complaint, grumbling Synonym: 愚痴 (guchi)

• 狸(たぬき)婆(ばばあ) (tanukibabā)

• 祖母(ばば) (baba, “grandmother”)

Kanji in this term 婆 ばGrade: S on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 婆 (MC ba).

• IPA(key): [ba̠]

婆(ば) • (ba)

1. old woman, crone
2. Used in Sanskrit transliterations

• “△婆”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015-2026

From Middle Chinese 婆 (MC ba). Recorded as Middle Korean 파 (pha) (Yale: pha) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

婆 (eumhun 할머니 파 (halmeoni pa))

1. hanja form? of 파 (“old woman”)

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]

婆: Hán Việt readings: bà[1][2][3][4][5]

1. chữ Hán form of bà (“grandmother; old woman; old lady”)