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臼

jiù

Character

What 臼 means

1. mortar

Words starting with 臼

• 臼齿jiù chǐmolar tooth
• 臼窠jiù kēsee 窠臼

Words containing 臼

• 脱臼tuō jiùdislocation (of a joint)
• 前臼齿qián jiù chǐpremolar tooth (immediately behind canine teeth in some mammals)
• 窠臼kē jiùstereotypical pattern; rut
• 不落窠臼bù luò kē jiùnot follow the beaten track; have an original style

Characters that look like 臼

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

• 由yóuto follow; from; because of; due to
• 白báiwhite; snowy; pure
• 初chū(bound form) at first; initially; (bound form) first; early…
• 杂zámixed; miscellaneous; various
• 劫jiéto rob; to plunder; to seize by force
• 亩mǔclassifier for fields; unit of area equal to one fifteenth of a hectare

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
• 疚chronic disease; guilt; remorse
• 厩stable; barn
• 柩bier
• 桕Tallow tree; Sapium sebiferum
• 僦(literary) to rent; to hire; to lease
• 㠇(name of a mountain ridge)