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舅 — 13 strokes ／ Radical「臼」

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1University / general (hardest) ／ 13 strokes ／ Radical「臼」
On
キュウきゅう · kyū
Kun
しゅうとshūto
Meaning
a father-in-law

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Mortar 臼 with 男 as phonetic: the father of one’s wife or husband.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 舅しゅうと

    a father-in-law

  • 舅姑きゅうこ

    one’s parents-in-law

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

舅(しゅうと)姑(しゅうとめ)に仕(つか)えて暮(く)らす。

They live serving their parents-in-law.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

舅姑舅姑mother…臾a shor…舂to pou…臼mortar興to ris…岌high…糺to cal…疚to fee…咎to bla…穹the va…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 臼Map of reading キュウAll maps

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