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柩

jiù

Character

What 柩 means

1. bier

Words containing 柩

• 灵柩líng jiùcoffin containing a corpse

Characters that look like 柩

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

• 根gēnroot; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings
• 框kuàngframe (e.g. door frame); casing; fig. framework
• 振zhènto shake; to flap; to vibrate
• 枢shū(bound form) hinge; pivot (usu. fig.)
• 钜jù(literary) hard iron; (literary) hook; barb; used in personal names and place names
• 桓huánChinese soapberry (Sapindus mukurossi); big; pillar (old)

Sounds the same

Read jiù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 就(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as…
• 旧old; opposite: new 新; former
• 救to save; to assist; to rescue
• 舅maternal uncle
• 咎fault; to blame; to punish
• 鹫vulture
• 臼mortar
• 疚chronic disease; guilt; remorse
• 厩stable; barn
• 桕Tallow tree; Sapium sebiferum
• 僦(literary) to rent; to hire; to lease
• 㠇(name of a mountain ridge)