婆 means “old woman, grandma”

ば · ba

Also: wet nurse

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading): ばば, ばあ
On'yomi (Chinese reading): バ

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 11 strokes

The story

Waves (波) over a woman (女): picture a face lined like ripples on water. 婆 is an old woman: 老婆 in books, お婆さん, grandma, now mostly in kana, and the card game Old Maid is ババ抜き, 'draw out the old woman'.

Used in 老婆 (rouba, old woman), お婆さん (obaasan, grandmother/old woman), and 産婆 (sanba, midwife)

婆 means “old woman, grandma”

The story

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