to chew / also pr. [jue2]

= + : Joan of Arc (ji) keeps her mandarins (口) in an ancient bronze wine holder with 3 legs and loop handle (爵) in the aorta's kitchen (ao2). Right now she takes out another mandarin and chews (嚼) it without peeling it first.
used in 倒嚼[dao3 jiao4]

嚼 character breakdown

mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls

Mnemonic symbol: 口 shall be represented by a mandarin. Karl Marx (k-) is enjoying a mandarin in the outhouse's living room (ou3).
ancient bronze wine holder with 3 legs and loop handle / nobility

= + + + : The duke (爵) came to visit Zeus (ju) in the elevator's kitchen (e2) because he has a problem he can't solve on his own: there's a chewing gum (艮) stuck in his fishing net (罒). Zeus uses an electric razor (爫) to remove the chewing gum. The duke is really grateful, thumbs up (寸) and bestows Zeus an ancient bronze wine holder with 3 legs and loop handle (爵) as a sign of his appreciation.

Characters with 嚼 as component

嚼 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 嚼

to chew / to think over
tastes as if one is chewing wax (idiom) / tasteless / insipid
lit. tastes as if one is chewing wax (idiom) / fig. tasteless; insipid
to chew / to masticate / to ruminate / to mull over
lit. bread previously chewed by someone has no flavor (idiom) / fig. there's no joy in discovering something if someone else got there first
alcoholic drink made by fermenting chewed rice
(of cows) to ruminate
to bite words and chew characters (idiom); punctilious about minutiae of wording

Sentences with 嚼

嚼 currently does not appear in any sentence.