姆

Information about character(s)

Radical: 女
Radical Strokes: 3
Additional Strokes: 5
Total Strokes: 8
Variants: 姥佬

Pronunciation

Pinyin: mǔ
Cantonese: mou5
JapaneseKun: KASHIZUKI UBA
JapaneseOn: BO MO
Korean: MO

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: child's governess; matron

CE-Dict: female tutor (old)/woman who looks after small children

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a governess; a woman tutor
2.a matron who looks after small children

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: 【醫】 mho

湘雅醫學專業詞典: mho

康熙字典文字版 【丑集下】【女字部】姆
【廣韻】【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤莫補切。同姥。女師也。婦人五十無子出，不復嫁，以婦道敎人者。　又弟妻謂夫之嫂曰姆。【呂祖謙·紫薇雜記】呂氏母母，受嬸房婢拜，嬸見母母房婢拜，卽答。今俗兄婦呼弟妻爲嬸嬸，弟妻呼兄嫂爲姆姆，卽母母也。　又【集韻】莫𠋫切，音茂。【禮·內則】妻將生子，及月辰居側室，夫使人日再問之，作而自問之，妻不敢見，使姆衣服而對。　別作母娒娒。娒字从𡴋。

CF-Dict: femme qui s'occupe de petits enfants

Han-De-Dict: Erzieherin, Gouvernante (u.E.) (S)