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舂 — 11 strokes ／ Radical「臼」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 11 strokes ／ Radical「臼」
On
ショウしょう · shō
Kun
うすつ.く・うすづ.く・つ.くusutsu.ku · usuzu.ku · tsu.ku
Meaning
to pound in a mortar

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Two hands holding a pestle over a mortar 臼: to pound grain.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 舂くつく

    to pound

  • 舂米しょうまい

    hulled rice

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

臼(うす)で麦(むぎ)を舂いて粉(こな)にする。

They pound the wheat in the mortar into flour.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

舂米舂米rice臾a shor…舅a fath…臼mortar興to ris…妝to ado…呏gallon劭to str…炒to sti…牀a bed
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

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