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Keyword
to bow
  • to bend
  • to nourish
  • to rear
Frequency
#3412
Strokes
17
Readings
jū
Mnemonic
革 (leather) gives the meaning and 匊 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
鞠躬jūgōng
to bow; (literary) to bend down
鞠jū
to incline (one's torso); to bow; leather ball used in ancient times; (literary) to bring up; to rear; Taiwan pr. jú
鞠躬尽瘁jūgōngjìncuì
to bend to a task and spare no effort (idiom); striving to the utmost
蹴鞠cùjū
cuju, ancient Chinese football (soccer)