鞠 — Chinese character
鞠
jū
to bow, to bend; to nourish, to rear
- Pinyin
- jū
- Radical
- 177 ⾰ (Leather)
- Strokes
- 17
- Components
- 革 匊
- Formation
- pictophonetic — leather; meaning component 革; sound component 匊
- Japanese
- 鞠 as a kanji
Common words with 鞠
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鞠躬 | jū gōng | to bow; (literary) to bend down |
| 鞠躬尽瘁 (鞠躬盡瘁) | jū gōng jìn cuì | to bend to a task and spare no effort (idiom); striving to the utmost |
| 蹴鞠 | cù jū | cuju, ancient Chinese football (soccer) |
鞠 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 3
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.