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鞠

jū

HSK 6 Character

What 鞠 means

1. to incline (one's torso); to bow
2. leather ball used in ancient times
3. literaryto bring up; to rear
4. Taiwan pr. jú

Other readings

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

• Jūsurname Ju

Example sentences

• 鞠躬！
  Jūgōng!
  Bow down!
• 他向女王鞠躬。
  Tā xiàng nǚwáng jūgōng.
  He bowed to the Queen.
• 男孩向我鞠了个躬。
  Nánhái xiàng wǒ jū le gè gōng.
  The boy bowed to me.
• 没有人向他恭敬地鞠躬。
  No one respectfully bowed towards him.
• 在日本，遇到人鞠躬是有礼貌的表现。
  Zài Rìběn, yùdào rén jūgōng shì yǒulǐmào de biǎoxiàn.
  In Japan, it is polite to bow when one meets someone.
• 我走到她身旁，鞠了个躬，亲吻她的手。
  I walked up to her, bowed, and kissed her hand.

Words starting with 鞠

• 鞠躬jū gōngto bow; (literary) to bend down
• 鞠躬尽瘁jū gōng jìn cuìto bend to a task and spare no effort (idiom); striving to the utmost
• 鞠躬尽瘁，死而后已jū gōng jìn cuì , sǐ ér hòu yǐto bend to a task and spare no effort unto one's dying day (idiom)…

Words containing 鞠

• 蹴鞠cù jūcuju, ancient Chinese football (soccer)

Characters built on 匊

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

• 菊jú(bound form) chrysanthemum
• 掬jūto hold in one's hands; classifier for a double handful; Taiwan pr. jú
• 麴Qūsurname Qu
• 踘jūleather ball; Taiwan pr. jú

Characters that look like 鞠

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

• 膨péngswollen
• 瘸quélame
• 臻zhēnto arrive; to reach (esp. perfection); utmost
• 鞘qiàoscabbard; sheath
• 璐lùbeautiful jade
• 黠xiá(phonetic); crafty

Sounds the same

Read jū, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 居to reside; to be (in a certain position); to store up
• 拘to capture; to restrain; to constrain
• 驹colt
• 车war chariot (archaic); rook (in Chinese chess); rook (in chess)
• 掬to hold in one's hands; classifier for a double handful; Taiwan pr. jú
• 据used in 拮据
• 狙macaque; to spy; to lie in ambush
• 琚ornamental gems for belt
• 疽gangrene
• 苴(hemp); sack cloth
• 裾garment
• 趄used in 趑趄