臼
mortar
6 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 2048.
Readings
- キュウ (on reading): 脱臼 (だっきゅう) dislocation; 臼歯 (きゅうし) molar (tooth)
- うす (kun reading): 臼 (うす) millstone; 石臼 (いしうす) stone mortar
- グ (on reading)
- うすづく (kun reading)
Components
- 臼 radical mortar
Kanji containing 臼
- 兒 child
- 鼡 rat
- 舁 bear
- 舂 pound (mortar)
- 毀 break
- 舅 father-in-law
- 鼠 rat
- 冩 write
- 閻 town
- 舊 old things
- 輿 palanquin
Words using 臼
- 脱臼 (だっきゅう) dislocation
- 臼歯 (きゅうし) molar (tooth)
- 臼砲 (きゅうほう) mortar
- 大臼歯 (だいきゅうし) molar
- 小臼歯 (しょうきゅうし) premolar
- 臼 (うす) millstone
- 石臼 (いしうす) stone mortar
- 茶臼 (ちゃうす) tea grinding mortar (hand mill)
- 臼玉 (うすだま) discoidal bead (Kofun period)
- 唐臼 (からうす) mortar
31 words in all.