mortar

Joan of Arc (ji) uses a mortar (臼) to process some holy herbs in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4).

臼 character breakdown

The character 臼 cannot be broken down into individual components.

Characters with 臼 as component

old gentleman / old man

= + : Socrates (s) is cooking with the old gentleman (叟) in the outhouse (ou3). They use mortars (臼) to process branches (支) which they want to use to cook a soup.
(bound form) rat; mouse
rat / mouse / CL:隻|只[zhi1]

= + + : Sheldon Shrimp (shu) found that there are rats (鼠) in the space station (Ø3), and he wants to get rid of them. In a mortar (臼) pulverizes some petal leaves (丶丶丶丶) and a computer mouse (鼠) grinding with a dinosaur bone three times (丨丨丨). He hopes that the rats like the mixture and the heavy metals used to make the computer mouse will kill the rats.
to separate the grain from the husk

= + : Charlie Chaplin (ch) is using a kilo (千) and a mortar (臼) to separate grain and husk (臿) in front of the ashram (a1) before the winnowing.
(archaic) pit; hole in the ground / (archaic) variant of 陷[xian4]
pitfall / trap (archaic)

= + : Marie Curie (xi) wants to catch the crane (⺈) and set up a trap (臽) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). She prepares a sling trap (臽) and places a mortar (臼) with some food in the middle of the sling, and soon she will catch the crane.
variant of 毀|毁[hui3] / to destroy by fire / a blaze

= + + : Helga Horse (hu) wants to destroy (毁) a left over steel beam (工) in the Eiffel Tower (ei3) and uses a halberd (殳) to pulverize it in a mortar (臼). During this process she does not only destroy the steel beam, but also the halberd.
variant of 毀|毁[hui3] / to defame / to slander

= + + : Helga Horse (hu) wants to destroy (毁) a left over steel beam (工) in the Eiffel Tower (ei3) and uses a halberd (殳) to pulverize it in a mortar (臼). During this process she does not only destroy the steel beam, but also the halberd.
to destroy by fire
to destroy / to damage / to ruin / to defame / to slander

= + + : Helga Horse (hu) wants to destroy (毁) a left over steel beam (工) in the Eiffel Tower (ei3) and uses a halberd (殳) to pulverize it in a mortar (臼). During this process she does not only destroy the steel beam, but also the halberd.
to destroy; to ruin / to defame; to slander

Words with 臼

dislocation (of a joint)
premolar tooth (immediately behind canine teeth in some mammals)
not follow the beaten track / have an original style
stereotypical pattern / rut
see 窠臼[ke1 jiu4]

Sentences with 臼

臼 currently does not appear in any sentence.