Radical 134

臼
← 133
Radical 134 (U+2F85)
135 →
臼 (U+81FC) "mortar, joint"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:jiù
Bopomofo:ㄐㄧㄡˋ
Gwoyeu Romatzyh:jiow
Wade–Giles:chiu4
Cantonese Yale:káuh, kau
Jyutping:kau5, kau3
Japanese Kana:キュウ kyū (on'yomi)
うす usu (kun'yomi)
Sino-Korean:구 gu
Names
Japanese name(s):臼/うす usu
Hangul:절구 jeolgu
Stroke order animation

Radical 134 or radical mortar (臼部) meaning "mortar" or "joint" is one of the 29 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 6 strokes.

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 71 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

臼 is also the 136th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China, with 𦥑 being its associated indexing component.

Evolution

Unrelated to 鼠 ("rat")

Derived characters

StrokesCharacters
+0臼 𦥑
+2臽 臾
+3臿
+4舀 舁
+5舂
+6舃 (=舄) 舄
+7舅
+8與
+9興
+10舆SC (=輿 -> 車) 舉
+12舊
+13舋 (=釁 -> 酉)

Literature