祖母 (zǔ mǔ)

Character breakdown

• 祖 (Zǔ) · 9 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 礻 represents the meaning and 且 represents the sound.

• 母 (mǔ) · 5 strokes

  Pictograph of a woman kneeling, with two dots representing the two nipples that mothers use to feed their young.