臼 — Chinese character
臼
jiù
mortar; bone joint socket
- Pinyin
- jiù
- Radical
- 134 ⾅ (Mortar)
- Strokes
- 6
- Formation
- pictographic — A mortar used to grind out powders
- Japanese
- 臼 as a kanji
Common words with 臼
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 脱臼 (脫臼) | tuō jiù | dislocation (of a joint) |
| 臼齿 (臼齒) | jiù chǐ | molar tooth |
| 窠臼 | kē jiù | stereotypical pattern; rut |
| 前臼齿 (前臼齒) | qián jiù chǐ | premolar tooth (immediately behind canine teeth in some mammals) |
| 不落窠臼 | bù luò kē jiù | not follow the beaten track; have an original style |
| 臼窠 | jiù kē | see 窠臼 (kē jiù) |
English words written with 臼
臼 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 1
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.