妪
yù

old woman

A woman 女 watching over her ward 区

Components

女
女 Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman
区
区 Meaning component
qū area

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

嫗 old woman Traditional

A woman 女 watching over her ward 區

Components

女
女 Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman
區
區 Meaning component
qū area

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangqos
Unicodeqiò

說文解字

母也。从女區聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)