姥 (lǎo): Maternal grandmother — Stroke Order & Writing Guide

HSK 3.0Recognition 5

By PinyinSearch by pronunciation

8 Basic Strokes GuideHot

Foundation of all characters

Animated Stroke Order 姥

Watch the stroke order, then trace it yourself.

50 learners practiced this

Stroke Order Diagrams 姥

Character Breakdown

Left-Right

姥=女woman+老old

An old (老) woman (女) — a grandmother or elderly woman, embodying wisdom and age.

Free Printable Handwriting Practice with Stroke Order: 姥

Download and print worksheets to practice writing 姥

FREE

姥 handwriting practice sheet - portrait orientation

Download Portrait PDF

姥 handwriting practice sheet - landscape orientation

Download Landscape PDF

Example Sentences

Real-world example sentences demonstrating how 姥 is used in context

lǎo姥

ye爷

jīng经

cháng常

dài带

wǒ我

qù去

gōng公

yuán园

sàn散

bù步

。

My maternal grandfather often takes me to the park for walks

wǒ我

men们

jiā家

xiāng乡

dōu都

jiào叫

lǎo姥

lao姥

wèi

wǒ我

lǎo姥

lao姥

zuò做

de的

jiǎo饺

zi子

tè特

bié

Zodiac CalculatorFind your zodiac animal

In my hometown, we call maternal grandmother 'laoniang'

The dumplings my maternal grandmother makes are especially delicious.

Related Characters

Explore characters by relationship

Same Sound

Characters pronounced "lao".

lǎo佬 lào烙 lāo捞 lào唠 lào涝 lǎo老

View all "lao" characters →

Same Radical

Characters with radical "女".

yu妤 rèn妊 shēn娠 Cháng嫦 é娥 dí嫡

View all "女" radical characters →

Animated Stroke Order 姥

Stroke Order Diagrams 姥

Character Breakdown

Free Printable Handwriting Practice with Stroke Order: 姥

HSK Vocabulary: 姥

Example Sentences

Related Characters

Same Sound

Same Radical