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臼 (Kangxi radical 134,臼+0, 6 strokes,cangjie input竹難 (HX),four-corner77770,composition⿵⿲丨⿱丿一⿹𠃍一一)
| simp. andtrad. | 臼 | |
|---|---|---|
| Historical forms of the character臼 |
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| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled inHan) |
| Small seal script |
Pictogram (象形): amortar. See the original version of舂, in which a pestle is visible on top. Unrelated to the top component of學,兒,䳔,鼠, and叟.
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 臼 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 群 (30) |
| Final (韻) | 尤 (136) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 其九切 |
| Baxter | gjuwX |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɡɨuX/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɡiuX/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɡiəuX/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /guwX/ |
| Li Rong | /ɡiuX/ |
| Wang Li | /ɡĭəuX/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /gi̯ə̯uX/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jiù |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gau6 |
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 臼 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | jiù |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ gjuwX › |
| Old Chinese | /*C.[ɡ]ʷəʔ/ |
| English | mortar |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 臼 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 6977 |
| Phonetic component | 臼 |
| Rime group | 幽 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 舅 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡuʔ/ |
臼
| Kanji in this term |
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| 臼 |
| うす Grade: S |
| kun'yomi |
| Alternative spelling |
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| 碓 |

FromOld Japanese. First attested in theKojiki of 712CE.[1] FromProto-Japonic*osu. CompareYamagata Japaneseおす(osu).
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