窠臼
kē​jiù

rut

窠 kē nest

Phonosemantic compound. 穴 represents the meaning and 果 represents the sound.

Components

穴
穴 Meaning component
xué, jué cave
果
果 Sound component
guǒ fruit

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰloːl
Unicodekuɑ

說文解字

空也。穴中曰窠，樹上曰巢。从穴果聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

臼 jiù mortar

Pictograph of a mortar, a hollow vessel used to crush ingredients.

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (2 of 7 verified)

旧舅桕裒舊隉湼

Iconic (4)

舀臿鑿䊆

Simplified (1)

旧

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

舂

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartgjuwXC.[g]ʷəʔ mortar

說文解字

《說文》：“臼，舂也。古者掘地為臼，其後穿木石。象形，中米也。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.581
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)