mortar

Origin & mnemonic

This radical depicts a mortar or pestle-and-mortar vessel used for grinding and crushing grains and spices. The form shows a rounded or square body representing the mortar's interior and a handle for use.

Mnemonic: Recall the round or square bowl with a stem—a kitchen mortar for grinding spices and grains.

• 舂chōng🔊

  to pound (grain)

  11 strokes

• 舄xì🔊

  shoe

  12 strokes

• 与yǔ🔊

  (formal) and; together with (linking parallel nouns, verbs, or phrases)

  HSK 6

  13 strokes

• 舅jiù🔊

  maternal uncle

  13 strokes

• 举jǔ🔊

  variant of 舉|举[ju3]

  HSK 2

  16 strokes

• 兴xìng🔊

  feeling or desire to do sth

  16 strokes

• 旧jiù🔊

  old

  HSK 3

  17 strokes

• 舋xìn🔊

  variant of 釁|衅

  20 strokes