Character: 婆
Modern (Beijing) reading: pó
Preclassic Old Chinese: b(h)āj
Classic Old Chinese: b(h)āj
Western Han Chinese: b(h)āj
Eastern Han Chinese: b(h)ǟ
Early Postclassic Chinese: b(h)ā
Middle Postclassic Chinese: b(h)ā
Late Postclassic Chinese: b(h)ā
Middle Chinese: bwâ
English meaning : saunter, dance (attested in a compound 婆娑 *b(h)āj-sāj).
Russian meaning[s]: 1) старуха, баба, жена; 2) свекровь; 3) бабушка; бабка
Comments: A later attested meaning is MC bwâ 'old woman', possibly traceable to *bhāj, cf. Chaozhou phua2 [but Xiamen po2, Fuzhou pɔ2, Jianou pɔ9].
Radical: 38
Four-angle index: 8854
Karlgren code: 0025 q
