jiù = ji + ou4
mortar
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How to pronounce 臼

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= ji initial

Ji is for Joan of Arc.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
+ ou4 final

In the outhouse’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago

臼 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Characters with 臼 as component

ér = Ø + Ø2
child / son
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non-syllabic diminutive suffix / retroflex final
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yǎo = y + ao3
to ladle out / to scoop up
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Words with 臼

dislocation (of a joint)
premolar tooth (immediately behind canine teeth in some mammals)

Sentences with 臼

臼 currently does not appear in any sentence.

Want to remember 臼 for good?

Make it your learning target and MandarinBanana works out the shortest route to it: the two sounds its syllable is built from, then the components of the character itself, one short step at a time. No account needed to start.

jiù

mortar

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