U+5B24 "嬤" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+5B24 "嬤" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character historically used as a respectful or colloquial term for an elderly woman, often a grandmother or an older female relative, and in some contexts it can refer to a wet nurse or a midwife. This character belongs to the CJK Unified Ideographs block, which encompasses characters from Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese writing systems. Its structure combines the radical for woman on the left, suggesting its association with females, with a phonetic component on the right. In modern usage, "嬤" appears in terms like "嬤嬤" (māmā) as an affectionate address for an older woman, particularly in Chinese literature and historical texts, and it retains a formal or traditional nuance, distinguishing it from more common modern terms like "奶奶" or "阿婆."