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臼

🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

mortar

HSK 10

jiù

キュウ、グ

うす、うすづ.く

구

Pictograph of a mortar: a hollow vessel used to crush ingredients.

Notes

Historical Evolution

Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

臼

Regular

Modern

Chinese

臼 [jiù]

mortar

Japanese

臼、碓 (rare) 、碾 (rare) 、舂 (rare) うす同音

noun millstone; mortar

Example Sentences

Japanese Names

臼うす

Usu surname

臼えりか

Erika female given name

臼しおうら

Shioura unclassified name

CHINESE WORDS (9)

脱臼 [tuōjiù] #15,804

dislocation (of a joint)

脱臼 [tuōjiù] #15,804

dislocation (of a joint)

臼齿 [jiùchǐ] #25,756

臼齿 [jiùchǐ] #25,756

窠臼 [kējiù] #46,152

stereotypical pattern

不落窠臼 [bùluòkējiù] #65,411

not follow the beaten track

前臼齿 [qiánjiùchǐ] #70,277

premolar tooth (immediately behind canine teeth in some mammals)

前臼齿 [qiánjiùchǐ] #70,277

premolar tooth (immediately behind canine teeth in some mammals)

臼窠 [jiùkē]

see 窠臼[kējiù]

JAPANESE WORDS (35)

臼 [うす] #33,340

脱臼 [だっきゅう] #45,317

石臼 [いしうす] #57,543

搗く [つく] #62,530

to hull (rice, barley, etc.)

茶臼 [ちゃうす] #84,679

tea grinding mortar (hand mill)

臼砲 [きゅうほう] #114,602

臼歯 [きゅうし] #125,134

唐臼 [からうす] #126,350

挽き臼 [ひきうす] #140,428

大臼歯 [だいきゅうし] #166,631

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KOREAN WORDS (1)

dislocation; luxation