婆 — pa

Parts that make up 婆

How 婆 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 婆 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 波, 女.

Korean example words with 婆

• 노파老婆 Korean gloss: 늙은 여자
• 매파媒婆 Korean gloss: 혼인을 중매하는 할멈
• 주파酒婆 Korean gloss: 술을 파는 늙은 여자
• 산파産婆 Korean gloss: 아이를 낳을 때에, 아이를 받고 산모를 도와주는 일을 직업으로 하던 여자
• 노파심老婆心 Korean gloss: 필요 이상으로 남의 일을 걱정하고 염려하는 마음
• 산파역産婆役 Korean gloss: 어떤 일을 실현하기 위해서 잘 주선하여 이루어지도록 힘쓰는 역할. 또는 그런 역할을 하는 사람
• 사파師婆 Korean gloss: 여자 무당.
• 점파占婆 Korean gloss: 점쟁이 노파.
• 빈파頻婆 Korean gloss: 사과나무의 열매.
• 촌파村婆 Korean gloss: 시골에 사는 노파.
• 노파심절老婆心切 Korean gloss: 남의 일을 지나치게 걱정함
• 아파牙婆 Korean gloss: 방물을 팔러 다니는 여자.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 婆

• 婆ばば old woman; joker (in old maid)
• 老婆ろうば old woman
• 婆さんばあさん grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
• 麻婆マーボー mapo (style of dish); dish featuring minced meat stir-fried and seasoned with chili bean paste (e.g. mabo nasu); mapo tofu (spicy Sichuan dish of tofu and minced meat)
• 悪婆あくば mean old woman
• 産婆さんば midwife
• 塔婆とうば stupa; pagoda; wooden grave tablet
• 娑婆しゃば this world; this life; the free world (outside of prison, the army, red light district, etc.)
• 鬼婆おにばば hag; witch; bitch
• 妖婆ようば hag; old witch
• 婆やばあや elderly housekeeper; elderly maid; wet nurse
• 糞婆クソババア old hag; old woman; old bat

Characters sharing the phonetic 波

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “파” in Korean.

Other hanja read “파”

Other hanja with radical 女