Memory phrase for the Kanji: 婆

婆

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Meaning old woman

Pronunciation

BA
baba

Explanation

Top: wave 波 (= the water's 氵skin 皮) [skin 皮 = A hand 又 with a knife 丨 peels off the skin 厂], bottom: woman 女

Mnemonic
 
With waves (= with wrinkled skin) is this woman: an old woman.

Radicals

氵 waterThe radical sanzui 氵 is a short form of water 水
皮 leather, skin
女 womanThe stroke order is: "Ku-no-ichi" = くノ一 , which also stands for a female ninja.
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