EntryCommonJLPT N1WaniKani 47
  1. Noun

    grandmother

    Usually written using kana aloneusu. お祖母さん when written with kanjisee 祖母さん

    ジョンのおばあさんは長い間病に伏せていたが、亡くなった。
    John's grandmother passed away after a long illness.
  2. old woman; female senior citizen

    Usually written using kana aloneusu. お婆さん when written with kanjisee 婆さん

Also written お婆さん【おばあさん】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

ancestor, pioneer, founder

On
Strokes
9
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N3
Frequency
1226 of 2500
Radical
spirit
WaniKani
Level 32

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
1-4-5SKIP code
4e5.4The Kanji Dictionary
3721.0Four corner code
673deroo
7956Unicode hex code
1-33-36JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3243Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4083New Nelson (John Haig)
914New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1145Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
617Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
823Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1779Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1918Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1325A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
850Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
540Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
24664PMorohashi
736A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
622Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
632Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
657sakade
772Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
758henshall3
701Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
824Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1423Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1795Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zu3Pinyin reading
joKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
32WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

mother

Kun
はは
On
Strokes
5
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N5
Frequency
570 of 2500
Radical
do not
WaniKani
Level 3

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
4-5-1SKIP code
0a5.36The Kanji Dictionary
7750.0Four corner code
3647deroo
6bcdUnicode hex code
1-42-76JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2466Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3005New Nelson (John Haig)
3475New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4287Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2165Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2917Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
101Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
105Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
554A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
326Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
89Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
16723Morohashi
203A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
112Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
112Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
137sakade
65Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
222henshall3
114Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
317crowley
74Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.7busy_people
1143Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
102Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
mu3Pinyin reading
moKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
3WaniKani level