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鞠
jū
to bow, to bend; to nourish, to rear
🔤 Pictophonetic:
革 (leather) provides meaning, 匊 provides pronunciation
HSK 6
17 strokes
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⿰革匊
i
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Component Tree i
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革
leather, animal hide; to reform; to remove
📷 Pictographic:
An animal being skinned
9 strokes
HSK 5
unknown
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Unknown component - strokes not mapped to a known radical
5 strokes
Words Using 鞠 (7)
Character
Pinyin
Definition
HSK
鞠躬
↗
jūgōng
to bow
6
jūgōng
鞠躬
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HSK 6
to bow
鞠
↗
Jū
surname Ju
Jū
鞠
↗
surname Ju
鞠
↗
jū
to bring up / to rear / Taiwan pr. <jú>
jū
鞠
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to bring up / to rear / Taiwan pr. <jú>
蹴鞠
↗
cùjū
cuju, ancient Chinese football (soccer)
cùjū
蹴鞠
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cuju, ancient Chinese football (soccer)
鞠躬尽力
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jūgōngjìnlì
to bend to a task and spare no effort (idiom); striving to the utmost / same as [[鞠躬盡瘁|鞠躬尽瘁<jūgōngjìncuì>]]
jūgōngjìnlì
鞠躬尽力
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to bend to a task and spare no effort (idiom); striving to the utmost / same as [[鞠躬盡瘁|鞠躬尽瘁<jūgōngjìncuì>]]
鞠躬尽瘁
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jūgōngjìncuì
to bend to a task and spare no effort (idiom); striving to the utmost
jūgōngjìncuì
鞠躬尽瘁
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to bend to a task and spare no effort (idiom); striving to the utmost
鞠躬尽瘁，死而后已
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jūgōngjìncuì,sǐérhòuyǐ
to bend to a task and spare no effort unto one's dying day (idiom); striving to the utmost one's whole life / with every breath in one's body, unto one's dying day
jūgōngjìncuì,sǐérhòuyǐ
鞠躬尽瘁，死而后已
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to bend to a task and spare no effort unto one's dying day (idiom); striving to the utmost one's whole life / with every breath in one's body, unto one's dying day