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 / opposite: new 新 / former / worn (with age)

= + : In the year 2076 Joan of Arc (ji) and the sun (日) meet again in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4). They are both very old (旧) and have to use dinosaur bones (丨) as crooks.
non-syllabic diminutive suffix / retroflex final
child / son

= 丿 + : Mnemonic symbol: "son" (儿) sounds similar to "Sun" like in "Sun Wu Kong", so it's gonna be represented by the monkey king. Albert Einstein (Ø-) and Sun Wu Kong (儿) are fighting in the space station's kitchen (-Ø2). Their weapons: Albert Einstein has a shovel (乚), and Sun Wu Kong has a banana (丿).
quarrel / dispute / a blood sacrifice (arch.)

= + : Marie Curie (xi) and King Solomon (半) both need a blood transfusion (血) in the encampment's bathroom ((e)n4) badly and they have a big fight (衅) about it. Even King Solomon's suggestion to just cut the bag in half (半) doesn't calm down Marie.
to destroy; to ruin / to defame; to slander
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.
(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.
to ladle out / to scoop up

= + : In the aorta (ao3), Maud Younger (y) dropped her electric razor (爫) into her mortar (臼) and now she has to scoop it out (舀).
a moment / little while
surname Yu
to pound (grain) / beat
collect

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.