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臼 — 6 strokes ／ Radical「臼」

道
2High school graduate / general ／ 6 strokes ／ Radical「臼」
On
キュウ・グきゅう・ぐ · kyū · gu
Kun
うす・うすづ.くusu · usuzu.ku
Meaning
mortar

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A pictograph of a mortar, hollowed out for pounding grain.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onキュウきゅうkyū臼歯きゅうし脱臼だっきゅう
Kunうすusu石臼いしうす

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 臼歯きゅうし

    molar tooth

  • 脱臼だっきゅう

    dislocation of a joint

More words with this kanji

  • 臼うす

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

転(ころ)んで肩(かた)を脱臼(だっきゅう)してしまった。

I fell and dislocated my shoulder.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

臼歯脱臼臼歯tooth脱take…臾a shor…舂to pou…舅a fath…興to ris…亀tortoi…惧fear嗅smell九nine及reach
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 臼Map of reading キュウAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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