舅
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maternal uncle
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 5
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 臼 +7
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 舅
- Common rank
- #2,746
- Unicode
- U+8205
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Formation & memory
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How to remember it
mother’s brother · Heisig RSH #2961
mortar + 男 male
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 舅
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大舅子 | (coll.) wife's older brother | |
| 小舅子 | (coll.) wife's younger brother | |
| 大舅哥 | (coll.) wife's older brother | |
| 舅子 | (coll.) wife's brother | |
| 家舅 | (polite) my maternal uncle | |
| 舅公 | grandmother's brother | |
| 外舅 | (literary) father-in-law; wife's father | |
| 舅母 | wife of mother's brother; aunt; maternal uncle's wife | |
| 舅哥 | (coll.) wife's older brother | |
| 舅父 | mother's brother; maternal uncle | |
| 舅婆 | grandmother's brother's wife | |
| 舅爷 | father's maternal uncle; granduncle | |
| 舅妈 | (coll.) aunt; maternal uncle's wife | |
| 舅舅 | mother's brother; maternal uncle (informal); CL:個|个[ge4] | |
| 舅嫂 | wife's brother's wife, sister-in-law |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 臼 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 臼 sound part | mortar; bone joint socket | |
| 裒 | to gather, to collect, to assemble; to praise | |
| 桕 | tallow tree |