# 姥 U+59E5 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59E5

A Chinese character meaning “maternal grandmother; midwife”, read lǎo in Mandarin.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `姥` |
| Codepoint | U+59E5 |
| Name | CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59E5 |
| Block | [CJK Unified Ideographs](https://unicodekit.com/block/cjk-unified-ideographs) |
| Script | Han |
| Category | Other Letter (Lo) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `姥` `姥` |
| CSS | `\59E5` |
| JavaScript | `\u59E5` |
| UTF-8 | E5 A7 A5 |
| UTF-16 | 59E5 |
| Definition | maternal grandmother; midwife |
| Mandarin | lǎo |
| Cantonese | mou5 |
| Japanese | BO MO UBA BABA |
| Korean | MO |

## Related characters

- 姤 [U+59E4 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59E4](https://unicodekit.com/char/59E4)
- 姦 [U+59E6 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59E6](https://unicodekit.com/char/59E6)
- 姣 [U+59E3 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59E3](https://unicodekit.com/char/59E3)
- 姧 [U+59E7 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59E7](https://unicodekit.com/char/59E7)
- 姢 [U+59E2 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59E2](https://unicodekit.com/char/59E2)
- 姨 [U+59E8 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59E8](https://unicodekit.com/char/59E8)
- 姡 [U+59E1 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59E1](https://unicodekit.com/char/59E1)
- 姩 [U+59E9 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59E9](https://unicodekit.com/char/59E9)
- 姠 [U+59E0 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59E0](https://unicodekit.com/char/59E0)
- 姪 [U+59EA CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59EA](https://unicodekit.com/char/59EA)
- 姟 [U+59DF CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59DF](https://unicodekit.com/char/59DF)
- 姫 [U+59EB CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59EB](https://unicodekit.com/char/59EB)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/59E5 · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/59E5