媼

Information about character(s)

Radical: 女
Radical Strokes: 3
Additional Strokes: 10
Total Strokes: 13
Simplified Form: 媪

Pronunciation

Pinyin: ǎo
Cantonese: ou2 wan2
JapaneseKun: OUNA
JapaneseOn: OU
Korean: ON

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: old woman; lower-class woman

CE-Dict: old woman

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.an old woman
2.a general term for older women

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: goody; old woman

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: goody

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《女部》媼女老偁也。从女𥁕聲。讀若奥。

康熙字典文字版 【丑集下】【女字部】媼
【廣韻】【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤烏皓切，音襖。【說文】女老稱。【前漢·高帝紀】高祖常從王媼武負貰酒，此兩家常折券棄責。　又母之別稱。【史記·趙世家】左師觸龍說太后曰：媼之愛燕后，賢于長安君。【前漢·外戚傳】地節三年，求得外祖母王媼。　又地神曰媼。張晏曰：坤爲母，故稱媼。【前漢·郊祀歌】媼神蕃釐。又【安世歌】后土富媼。　又【集韻】委隕切，音醞。女字。　又紆問切，音醞。又於云切，音熅。又於昆切，音溫。義𠀤同。　又烏沒切，溫入聲。媼妠，小兒肥也。

CF-Dict: vieille femme