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臼

mortar
Stroke count: 6

Readings

On readingキュウ、グ
Kun readingうす、うすづ.く
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. mortarRtK
    右腕の関節が脱臼したようです。I'm afraid I dislocated my right arm.tatoeba
    二十　杵臼・程嬰20. Chu Jiu and Teieiwiki
  1. millstone

Radicals and components

Radical臼mortar

Mnemonic (RtK)

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From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1531

Compound words

臼歯きゅうし
molar (tooth)
臼砲きゅうほう
mortar
厚臼あつうす
stone hand mill
上臼うわうす
upper millstone
石臼いしうす
stone mortar
脱臼だっきゅう
dislocation
唐臼からうす
mortar
平臼ひらうす
horizontal stone hand mill
碾臼ひきうす
quern
髀臼ひきゅう
acetabulum
大臼歯だいきゅうし
molar
搗き臼つきうす
mortar (for pounding rice)
碾き臼ひきうす
quern

Additional Examples

臼杵藩 - 臼杵城
Usuki Domain: Usuki-jo Castlewiki

Stroke Order

6 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 臼

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