Kanji

臼

臼

mortar

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

6 strokes

Radical

臼部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

キュウ, グ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

うす, うすづく

Example sentences

臼 うす
昔 は 臼 を 使って 米 を 精米 した

In the past, rice was milled using a mortar.

脱臼 だっきゅう
彼 は サッカー の 試合 中 に 肩 を 脱臼 して しまった 。

He dislocated his shoulder during the soccer game.

石臼 いしうす
昔 の 人 は 石臼 で 粉 を 挽いていた

People in the old days used to grind flour with a stone mortar.

唐臼 からうす
博物館 で 古い 唐臼 を 見た

I saw an old foot-pedal mortar at the museum.

Example Vocabulary

臼

うす

mortar; millstone

脱臼

だっきゅう

dislocation (of a joint)

石臼

いしうす

stone mortar; millstone

茶臼

ちゃうす

臼砲

きゅうほう

臼歯

きゅうし

唐臼

からうす

foot-pedal mortar; hulling mortar

挽き臼

ひきうす

大臼歯

だいきゅうし

臼茸

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