Pictograph of a mortar, a hollow vessel used to crush ingredients.
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | gjuwX | C.[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)