舅 — Chinese character
舅
jiù
mother's brother, uncle
- Pinyin
- jiù
- Radical
- 134 ⾅ (Mortar)
- Strokes
- 13
- Components
- 臼 男
- Formation
- pictophonetic — man; meaning component 男; sound component 臼
- Japanese
- 舅 as a kanji
Common words with 舅
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 舅舅 | jiù jiu | mother's brother; maternal uncle (informal) |
| 舅妈 (舅媽) | jiù mā | (coll.) aunt; maternal uncle's wife |
| 舅父 | jiù fù | mother's brother; maternal uncle |
| 舅母 | jiù mǔ | wife of mother's brother; aunt |
| 小舅子 | xiǎo jiù zi | (coll.) wife's younger brother |
| 国舅 (國舅) | guó jiù | brother of the emperor's wife or consort |
| 大舅子 | dà jiù zi | (coll.) wife's older brother |
| 舅公 | jiù gōng | grandmother's brother |
| 舅子 | jiù zi | (coll.) wife's brother |
| 舅爷 (舅爺) | jiù yé | father's maternal uncle; granduncle |
| 外舅 | wài jiù | (literary) father-in-law; wife's father |
| 大舅哥 | dà jiù gē | (coll.) wife's older brother |
English words written with 舅
舅 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Great Learning 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.
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