also: ひいばば · ひばば · ひおおば
great-grandmother
Refers to the mother of one's grandparent. The reading そうそぼ is formal, while ひいばば is colloquial and often used by children.
My great-grandmother will be 95 this year.
I look forward to visiting my great-grandma's house.
Means great-grandfather; the male counterpart of 曾祖母.
Means grandmother; one generation closer than 曾祖母.
Standard kanji spelling; 曾 is the older form of 曽.
Variant using the simplified kanji 曽; less common but still used.
Kana spelling for the colloquial reading ひいばば, often used in speech or informal writing.
Contracted colloquial reading; less common than ひいばば.
Alternate colloquial reading; rarely used in modern Japanese.
Compound of 曾 (great-) and 祖母 (grandmother). The colloquial readings ひいばば and ひばば derive from reduplicative and contracted forms of ひ (great) and ばば (old woman/grandmother).