嫂

Information about character(s)

Radical: 女
Radical Strokes: 3
Additional Strokes: 10
Total Strokes: 12

Pronunciation

Pinyin: sǎo
Cantonese: sou2
JapaneseKun: ANYOME
JapaneseOn: SOU
Korean: SWU
Vietnamese: dâu

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: sister-in-law, elder brother's wife

CE-Dict: older brother's wife/sister-in-law

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a sister-in-law who is the wife of one's elder brother

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: elder brother's wife

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: elder brother's wife

康熙字典文字版 【丑集下】【女字部】嫂
【唐韻】【集韻】【韻會】𠀤蘇老切，音掃。【說文】兄妻也，與㛮同。　又【釋名】嫂，叟也。人及物老，皆縮小于舊也。　又叶蘇后切，音叟。【楚辭·天問】惟澆在戸，何求于嫂。何少康逐犬，而顚隕厥首。

CF-Dict: belle soeur, femme d'un frère aîné

Han-De-Dict: Schwägerin ( Frau des älteren Bruders ) (u.E.) (S)