舅

Information about character(s)

Radical: 臼
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 7
Total Strokes: 13

Pronunciation

Pinyin: jiù
Cantonese: kau3 kau5
JapaneseKun: SHUUTO
JapaneseOn: KYUU
Korean: KWU
Vietnamese: cậu

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: mother's brother, uncle

CE-Dict: maternal uncle

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.an uncle who is a brother of one's mother
2.a brother-in-law who is a brother of one's wife

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: mother's brother

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: mother's brother

湘雅醫學專業詞典: Uncle

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《男部》舅母之兄弟為𦥶，妻之父為外𦥶。从男臼聲。

康熙字典文字版 【未集下】【臼字部】舅
【廣韻】其久切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】巨九切，𠀤音臼。【爾雅·釋親】母之晜弟爲舅，母之從父晜弟爲從舅。【詩·秦風】我送舅氏，曰至渭陽。又【大雅】王之元舅，文武是憲。　又【爾雅·釋親】婦稱夫之父曰舅，稱夫之母曰姑。【禮·內則】婦事舅姑，如事父母。　又【爾雅·釋親】妻之父爲外舅。　又姓。【姓譜】晉大夫舅犯之後。　又通作咎。【儀禮·士昏禮註】古文舅皆作咎。【𥡆天子傳】咎氏。【郭璞註】咎猶舅也。　又【韻補】叶暨几切，音麂。【前漢·敘傳】遭成之逸，政自諸舅。陽平作威，誅加卿宰。宰，獎里切。又【易林】潔身白齒，衰老復起。多孫衆子，宜利姑舅。　又叶跽許切，音矩。【韓愈·元和聖德詩】皇帝曰吁，伯父叔舅。各安爾位，訓厥甿畮。畮音姥。

藏法數 舅者，即母之舅，乃外祖母之兄弟，於己為舅公也。

CF-Dict: oncle maternel

Han-De-Dict: Onkel ( der Bruder der Mutter ) (u.E.) (S)/Schwager ( der Bruder der Frau ) (u.E.) (S)/Schwiegervater ( der Vater des Ehemannes ) (u.E.) (S)