Entry
  1. Noun

    old lady; ma'am

    Familiar languageUsually written using kana alonevocative; usu. used with suffix さん or 様

    かつてのアイドルも40過ぎるとただのおばさんか。
    Former pop stars are just plain old women by the time they're 40.
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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

little, small

Kun
ちい.さいこ-お-さ-
On
ショウ
Strokes
3
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
114 of 2500
Radical
small
WaniKani
Level 2

Built from

Used in names as

いさらこうさざしゃおちいさ

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-1-2SKIP code
3n0.1The Kanji Dictionary
9000.0Four corner code
1141deroo
5c0fUnicode hex code
1-30-14JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1355Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1389New Nelson (John Haig)
7New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
7Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
105Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
110Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
63A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
21Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
33Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
7473Morohashi
36A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
27Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
27Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
24sakade
46Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
27henshall3
15Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
126crowley
88Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.15busy_people
511Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
106Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
xiao3Pinyin reading
soKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
2WaniKani 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