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

(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.
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 / 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
to destroy by fire
maternal uncle

= + : Joan of Arc (ji) wants to go swimming with her maternal uncle (舅), but first she has to wash his mankini (男) in a large mortar (臼) in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4).
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.
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.

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.