6 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 11th grade

mortar

Kun'yomi
  • millstone
  • うすづ
On'yomi
  • キュウ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

うす 72.6%
キュウ 27.4%

Character Breakdown

mortar
うす キュウ グ (11th)

Contained In

輿

Common Words

millstone
molar (tooth)
stone hand mill
upper millstone
horizontal stone hand mill
mortar (for pounding rice)
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References

Unicode hex code 81FC
JIS X 0208 1-17-17
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 3849
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 4907
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 3528
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 4341
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 2957
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2063
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 1531
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 338
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 30173
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 1896
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 2060
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 0a6.4
Four corner code 7777.0