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咀

jǔ

HSK 6 Character

What 咀 means

1. to chew
2. to masticate

Other readings

咀 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• zuǐpopular variant of {嘴|zuǐ}

Example sentences

• 我咀嚼困难。
  I have difficulty chewing.
• 食物在吞咽前要经过咀嚼。
  Shíwù zài tūnyàn qián yào jīngguò jǔjué.
  Food should be chewed before being swallowed.

Words starting with 咀

• 咀嚼jǔ juéto chew; to think over
• 咀嚼肌jǔ jué jī(anatomy) muscles of mastication

Words containing 咀

• 尖沙咀Jiān shā zuǐTsim Sha Tsui, urbanized area in Hong Kong
• 含商咀徵hán shāng jǔ zhǐ(idiom) permeated with beautiful music
• 含宫咀徵hán gōng jǔ zhǐ(idiom) permeated with beautiful music
• 含英咀华hán yīng jǔ huáto savor fine writing (idiom)

Characters built on 且

These share the phonetic component 且 (qiě), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 组zǔto form; to organize; group
• 助zhùto help; to assist
• 租zūto hire; to rent; to charter
• 阻zǔto hinder; to block; to obstruct
• 祖zǔancestor; forefather; grandparents
• 粗cū(of sth long) wide; thick; (of sth granular) coarse; (of a voice) gruff
• 诅zǔcurse; swear (oath)
• 沮jǔto destroy; to stop

Characters that look like 咀

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 鸣míngto cry (of birds, animals and insects); to make a sound…
• 哑yǎmute; dumb; incapable of speech; (of a voice) hoarse; husky…
• 呗bài(bound form) to chant (from Sanskrit "pāṭhaka")
• 哝nóng(bound form) to mutter; to mumble
• 岷mínname of a river in Sichuan
• 哌pàiused in transliteration

Sounds the same

Read jǔ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 举to lift; to hold up; to cite
• 矩carpenter's square; rule; regulation
• 沮to destroy; to stop
• 柜Salix multinervis
• 榉Zeikowa acuminata
• 蒟betel
• 莒alternative name for taro (old)
• 踽hunchbacked; walk alone
• 龃used in 龃龉
• 筥round bamboo basket
• 弆(literary) to collect; to keep in store
• 跙weak, lame