舅 (jiù): maternal uncle
舅 (jiù) is a Chinese character meaning “maternal uncle.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 臼 (phonetic) and 男 (semantic). It ranks #2305 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 舅 man. Its radical form 臼 (mortar) appears in many related characters such as 舆 (yú, (literary) chassis of a carriage (contrasted with the canopy 堪)).
Definitions
- maternal uncle
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 舅
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 小舅子noun | xiǎo jiù zi | (coll.) wife's younger brother |
| 舅妈noun | jiù mā | (coll.) aunt |
| 舅父noun | jiù fù | mother's brother |
| 大舅子noun | dà jiù zi | (coll.) wife's older brother |
| 舅母noun | jiù mǔ | wife of mother's brother |
| 舅子 | jiù zi | (coll.) wife's brother |
| 大舅哥 | dà jiù gē | (coll.) wife's older brother |
| 家舅 | jiā jiù | (polite) my maternal uncle |
| 舅公 | jiù gōng | grandmother's brother |
| 外舅 | wài jiù | (literary) father-in-law |
| 舅哥 | jiù gē | (coll.) wife's older brother |
| 舅爷noun | jiù yé | father's maternal uncle |
| 舅婆 | jiù pó | grandmother's brother's wife |
| 舅嫂noun | jiù sǎo | wife's brother's wife, sister-in-law |
舅 appears in 15 compound words: 67 as the first character, 13 as the last, and 20 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 舅 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
我在字典里查到了舅字的详细解释。
wǒ zài zì diǎn lǐ chá dào le jiù zì de xiáng xì xiè shì .
I looked up the detailed explanation of the character "舅" in the dictionary.
此时嫂子的大舅和舅妈两人也驱车赶到,都在搭把手互相帮忙着宰羊。
cǐ shí sǎo zǐ de dà jiù hé jiù mā liǎng rén yě qū chē gǎn dào , dōu zài dā bǎ shǒu hù xiāng bāng máng zhe zǎi yáng .
Just then, my sister-in-law’s maternal uncle and aunt arrived by car, and they both pitched in to help slaughter the sheep.
吕洞宾、钟离权一拍即合,何仙姑、铁拐李、韩湘子、曹国舅、蓝采和、张果老全员就位!
lǚ dòng bīn , zhōng lí quán yī pāi jí gě , hé xiān gū , tiě guǎi lǐ , hán 湘 zǐ , cáo guó jiù , lán cǎi hé , zhāng guǒ lǎo quán yuán jiù wèi !
Lü Dongbin and Zhongli Quan hit it off immediately, and He Xiangu, Tieguai Li, Han Xiangzi, Cao Guojiu, Lan Caihe, and Zhang Guolao were all in place!
后来,舅舅胡三元因演出事故入狱,失去了舅舅的保护,青娥成为了一名烧火丫头。
hòu lái , jiù jiù hú sān yuán yīn yǎn chū shì gù rù yù , shī qù le jiù jiù de bǎo hù , qīng é chéng wéi le yī míng shāo huǒ yā tóu .
Later, her uncle Hu Sanyuan was imprisoned following an accident during a performance, and without his protection, Qing'e became a kitchen maid.
将军澳村屋7岁男童疑弄坏舅父iPad 遭衣架打及用杯盖掟伤头浴血
jiāng jūn ào cūn wū 7 suì nán tóng yí nòng huài jiù fù i P a d zāo yī jià dǎ jí yòng bēi gài 掟 shāng tóu yù xiě
A 7-year-old boy from a village house in Tseung Kwan O was suspected of breaking his uncle's iPad and was beaten on a hanger and thrown a cup lid on his head and covered in blood
...年初一,广东潮汕一家23个外甥、外甥女给舅舅拜年..
. . . nián chū yī , guǎng dōng cháo 汕 yī jiā 2 3 gè wài shēng , wài shēng nǚ gěi jiù jiù bài nián . .
... On the first day of the Lunar New Year, 23 nephews and nieces of a family in Chaoshan, Guangdong Province paid New Year's greetings to their uncles:
我舅舅让我担任翻译。
Wǒ jiùjiu ràng wǒ dānrèn fānyì.
My uncle made me serve as interpreter.
我的舅舅在弹吉他。
Wǒ de jiùjiu zài tán jítā.
My uncle is playing the guitar.
妈妈,为什么我没有长胡子的舅舅呢?
Māma, wèishénme wǒ méiyǒu zhǎng húzi de jiùjiu ne?
Mommy, why don't I have an uncle with a beard?
我舅舅给我买的这本书。
Wǒ jiùjiu gěi wǒ mǎi de zhè běn shū.
My uncle bought me this book.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 男 (man) component
臼 Radical Family — Characters sharing the mortar radical
Related Characters
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