Entry
  1. Noun

    hag; witch; bitch; penurious or spiteful old woman; termagant; virago

Also written 鬼ばば【おにばば】鬼ばばあ【おにばばあ】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

ghost, devil

Kun
おにおに-
On
Strokes
10
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1557 of 2500
Radical
ghost
WaniKani
Level 23

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
2-6-4SKIP code
5f5.6The Kanji Dictionary
2621.3Four corner code
857deroo
9b3cUnicode hex code
1-21-20JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5276Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6833New Nelson (John Haig)
2657New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3291Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1702Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2313Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2019Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2175Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1207A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1527Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1226Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
45758Morohashi
1128A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1523Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1624Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1916Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1405Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1752Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1926Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2038Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
gui3Pinyin reading
gwiKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
23WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

old woman, grandma, wet nurse

Kun
ばばばあ
On
Strokes
11
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
2435 of 2500
Radical
woman
WaniKani
Level 47

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (28)
CodeReference
2-8-3SKIP code
3e8.9The Kanji Dictionary
3440.4Four corner code
369deroo
5a46Unicode hex code
1-39-44JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1234Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1240New Nelson (John Haig)
2762New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3433Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1768Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2407Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
804Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
867Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2039A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1262Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
6390Morohashi
1684A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1931Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1421Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2116Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1902Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
430Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
812Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
po2Pinyin reading
paKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
47WaniKani level