臼(jiù): mortar
6 strokes
mortar
Stroke order animation
Character information
- Pinyin
- jiù
- Meaning
- mortar
- Strokes
- 6
- HSK level
- —
- Traditional
- Same
Origin & structure
Where 臼 comes from and how its parts fit together.
Pictograph
A mortar used to grind out powders
A drawing of the thing it names.
How to write 臼 step by step
6 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.
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Words with 臼
Common words using 臼 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.
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