臼 Radical 134 — a mortar; a stone or wooden bowl for pounding grain
jiù (fourth tone, falling)
a mortar; a stone or wooden bowl for pounding grain
Radical 1346 strokes0 characters
Where the shape comes from
A mortar bowl seen from above, hollowed out with grain scattered inside it, ready for the pestle. A hand reaching claw-like into it to scoop something out gives 舀, to ladle, to scoop; a pestle raised above it gives 舂, to pound grain, the mortar shown doing the one job it was carved for.
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