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姆 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「女」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 8 strokes ／ Radical「女」
On
ボ・モぼ・も · bo · mo
Kun
うばuba
Meaning
nurse; governess

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Woman 女 with 母 "mother" as phonetic: the woman who nurses and raises a child.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 保姆ほぼ

    nursery teacher (old term)

  • 乳母うば

    wet nurse

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

昔(むかし)は保姆(ほぼ)と呼(よ)ばれた仕事(しごと)である。

It was a job once called by that older name.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

乳母保姆乳母姆乳milk保to kee…母mother夭to die…奸wicked妝to ado…夾to hol…妣deceas…拇thumb媽mother麼tiny謨to pla…戊fifth…
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Compound

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