Chinese Character 舅 Meanings and components.

Form

舅

Meaning

舅 meaning[3] in English

Maternal Uncle.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 舅 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are mortar (臼) , and male (男)

Its radical[1] is: 臼 (jiu4) which means: Mortar, .臼jiu4mortar

In cangjie it is written with HXWKS

How to write 舅

To write舅jiu4maternal uncle you should write a combination of 臼jiu4mortar , 男nan2male arranged in a 吕 shape:

臼 + 男 = 舅

舅 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 舅 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 舅, looks as follow:

舅
Pinyin:jiu4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Maternal Uncle
臼
Pinyin:jiu4
Meaning[3]: Mortar
男
Pinyin:nan2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Male . Baron, Lowest Of Five Orders Of Nobility 五等爵位[Wu3 Deng3 Jue2 Wei4] . Cl:個|个[Ge4]
田
Pinyin:tian2
Meaning[3]: Surname Tian
力
Pinyin:li4
Meaning[3]: Surname Li

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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