姑 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「女」
道準1University / general ／ 8 strokes ／ Radical「女」
- On
- コ
- Kun
- しゅうとめ・しゅうと・おば・しばらく
- Meaning
- mother-in-law; for a while
Origin
Woman with 古 as phonetic: the elder woman of the house — one’s mother-in-law.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 姑しゅうとめ
mother-in-law
- 姑息こそく
stopgap; makeshift
Example
姑息な手段では解決しない。
A stopgap measure will not solve it.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)