舅 = 臼 + 男

舅 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “mother's brother”. It is built from 臼 (mortar) and 男 (male).

Keyword: mother's brother
Pinyin (Mandarin): jiù
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: mother's brother, uncle, брат матери, дядя, uncle
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 舅 father-in-law

Decomposition

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臼 mortar
男 male

How to find 舅 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “mortar” + “male”. 舅 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 舅 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.