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臼

Readings

Kana: キュウ、グ、うす、うすづ.く
Romaji: kyū, gu, usu, usuzu.ku
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

mortar

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  6
Radical Number:  134
Frequency:  2048
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  4-6-2
Korean Reading:  gu
Chinese Reading:  jiu4
Unicode:  81fc
JIS:  3131

Indexes

Halpern Index: 3528
Nelson Index: 3849
New Nelson Index: 4907
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 0a6.4
Four Corner Index: 7777.0
Japanese Names Index: 338
Daikanwanjiten Index: 30173
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 9.0436
Remembering the kanji Index: 2063
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2957
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 2060
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1531
Kodansha Kanji Index: 4341

Words

臼 (うす)
millstone; mortar
臼歯 (きゅうし、うすば)
molar
亜脱臼 (あだっきゅう)
subluxation
搗き臼 (つきうす)
mortar (for pounding rice)
唐臼 (からうす)
mortar
脱臼 (だっきゅう)
dislocation
臼砲 (きゅうほう)
mortar
碾き臼 (ひきうす)
quern; hand mill
平臼 (ひらうす)
horizontal stone hand mill
茶臼 (ちゃうす)
tea grinding mortar (hand mill)
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