Chou Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Woman (nǚ) Kangxi stroke count: 8 Page 258, Entry 09 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Dictionary of Rhymes (Yunhui), Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced mu (rising tone). Same as grandmother or old woman. Refers to a female teacher. A woman who is fifty years old, childless, and divorced who does not remarry, and who instructs others in the way of women. Also, a younger brother's wife addresses her husband's elder brother's wife as mu. Lu Zuqian, Miscellaneous Notes of Ziwei (Ziwei Zaji): The elder aunt of the Lu family accepts the respects of the maid from the younger aunt's quarters; the younger aunt sees the maid from the elder aunt's quarters paying respects and returns the gesture. In current customs, an elder brother's wife calls the younger brother's wife aunt, and the younger brother's wife calls the elder brother's wife mumu, which carries the same meaning as elder aunt. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced mao (falling tone). Book of Rites (Liji), Inner Rules (Neize): When a wife is about to give birth, she resides in a side chamber during the final month; the husband sends someone to inquire after her health twice daily. If she is in labor, he visits in person. The wife, not daring to meet him, has a nurse, dressed properly, answer on her behalf. Also written in variant forms: mu, mu, mu. The character mu is derived from the character for woman.