U+59E5 "姥" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
姥
U+59E5 "姥" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character composed of the radical for woman (女) on the left and the phonetic component "老" (old) on the right, though its pronunciation and meaning vary across languages. In Chinese, it is often read as "lǎo" or "mǔ" and can mean an old woman, a grandmother, or a respectful term for a maternal elder, while in Japanese it is read as "uba" and commonly refers to a mountain witch or a nursemaid in folklore. The character appears in historical texts and place names, such as in the word "姥姥" (lǎolao) for maternal grandmother in Mandarin, showcasing its enduring cultural significance in East Asian languages.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+59E5 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 姥 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 姥 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0xA7 0xA5 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x59E5 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000059E5 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u59e5 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | ABBE |
| kCCCII | 21396D |
| kCNS1986 | 1-5060 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-5060 |
| kCangjie | VJKP |
| kCantonese | mou5 |
| kCihaiT | 384.106 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0526.080 |
| kDefinition | maternal grandmother; midwife |
| kEACC | 21396D |
| kFanqie | 莫補 |
| kFenn | 189G |
| kFennIndex | 290.03 350.07 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4441.1 |
| kGB0 | 3249 |
| kGB1 | 3249 |
| kHangul | 모:1N |
| kHanYu | 21042.100 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 21042.100:mǔ,lǎo |
| kHKGlyph | 0907 |
| kIICore | AGTJHM |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0526.080 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 21042.100 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0260.090 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-4051 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-ABBE |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-3138 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-3D27 |
| kIRG_KSource | K1-604A |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-5060 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-5178 |
| kJapanese | ボ モ うば |
| kJinmeiyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:1736 |
| kJapaneseKun | UBA BABA |
| kJapaneseOn | BO MO |
| kJis0 | 1724 |
| kKangXi | 0260.090 |
| kKarlgren | 515 |
| kKorean | MO |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 1209 |
| kMandarin | lǎo |
| kMatthews | 4583 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ009663 |
| kMorohashi | 06216 |
| kNelson | 1213 |
| kPhonetic | 824 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+1242+38.3.6 C+1242+125.6.3 |
| kRSUnicode | 38.6 |
| kSBGY | 264.24 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+59C6<kMatthews |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 155.15 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | mǔ粵mou5 lǎo粵lou5 |
| kSpecializedSemanticVariant | U+59C6<kFenn |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 1209 |
| kTang | mǒ |
| kTGHZ2013 | 211.060:lǎo |
| kTotalStrokes | 9 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJMT |
| kVietnamese | mụ |
| kXerox | 257:130 |
| kXHC1983 | 0682.050:lǎo 0805.070:mǔ |