姑
Readings
Kana:
コ、しゅうとめ、しゅうと、おば、しばらく
Romaji:
ko, shūtome, shūto, oba, shibaraku
Meaning
mother-in-law
Stroke Diagram
Kanji Info
Stroke Count:
8
Radical Number:
38
Frequency:
2041
Grade:
Skip Pattern:
1-3-5
Korean Reading:
go
Chinese Reading:
gu1
Unicode:
59d1
JIS:
3848
Indexes
Nelson Index: 1201
New Nelson Index: 1194
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3e5.7
Four Corner Index: 4446.0
Daikanwanjiten Index: 6174
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 3.0665
Remembering the kanji Index: 2205
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2317
Kodansha Kanji Index: 332
Words
姑
(しゅうとめ、しゅうと、しうとめ、しいとめ)
mother-in-law
慈姑
(くわい、クワイ)
Sagittaria trifolia var. edulis (edible variant of threeleaf arrowhead)
小心姑息
(しょうしんこそく)
timid and evasive (person); timid and makeshift (approach, measure, etc.)
舅姑
(きゅうこ)
parents-in-law
姑息
(こそく)
underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap
因循姑息
(いんじゅんこそく)
dilly-dallying and temporizing (temporising)
麻姑掻痒
(まこそうよう)
things happening exactly as one pleases (wishes); someone being very attentive to one's wishes
小姑
(こじゅうとめ、こじゅうと)
sister-in-law
芸妓
(げいぎ、げいこ)
geisha
姑洗
(こせん)
(in China) 5th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. F sharp); third lunar month