old woman

A woman  watching over her ward 

Components
女 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

woman

区 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

area

Evolution

妪 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
妪 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
妪 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
妪 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

old woman, hag; old woman; to brood over; to protect

Most common words with 妪
Freq.
Word
Meaning

老妪

old woman (formal writing)

old woman