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 | xiǎo jiù zi | (coll.) wife's younger brother |
| 舅妈 | jiù mā | (coll.) aunt |
| 舅父 | jiù fù | mother's brother |
| 大舅子 | dà jiù zi | (coll.) wife's older brother |
| 舅母 | jiù mǔ | wife of mother's brother |
| 家舅 | jiā jiù | (polite) my maternal uncle |
| 外舅 | wài jiù | (literary) father-in-law |
| 舅爷 | jiù yé | father's maternal uncle |
| 舅嫂 | jiù sǎo | wife's brother's wife, sister-in-law |
舅 appears in 10 compound words: 60 as the first character, 20 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.
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.
我的舅舅爱好打板球。
Wǒ de jiùjiu àihào dǎ bǎnqiú.
My uncle is an amateur cricket player.
我舅母做了一条新裙子给我。
Wǒ jiùmǔ zuò le yī tiáo xīn qúnzi gěi wǒ.
My aunt made me a new skirt.
我待在东京的舅舅家。
Wǒ dài zài Dōngjīng de jiùjiu jiā.
I am staying with my uncle in Tokyo.
Character Family
臼 Radical Family — Characters sharing the mortar radical
Related Characters
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