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    3. 臼

    臼

    臼うす

    mortar

    KMT10Freq #2048Home & HousingKanji6 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    うすうすづ.く

    On'yomi

    キュウグ

    mortar

    臼

    Stroke 0 / 6

    Speed1.0x

    舁舂舅兒鼡

    Concepts using this kanji

    臼

    millstone

    臼状火山

    pyroclastic cone

    黒臼子

    Alaska blueberry (Vaccinium ovalifolium)

    平臼

    horizontal stone hand mill

    下臼

    lower millstone

    上臼

    upper millstone

    石臼

    stone mortar

    六歳臼歯

    six-year molar

    大臼歯

    molar

    小臼歯

    premolar

    前臼歯

    premolar

    後臼歯

    molar

    臼蓋形成不全

    acetabular dysplasia

    臼玉

    discoidal bead (Kofun period)

    厚臼

    stone hand mill

    脱臼

    dislocation

    亜脱臼

    subluxation

    茶臼

    tea grinding mortar (hand mill)

    臼茸

    shaggy chanterelle (Turbinellus floccosus)

    先天性股関節脱臼

    congenital dislocation of the hip

    挽き臼

    quern

    臼砲

    mortar

    寛骨臼

    acetabulum

    股関節脱臼

    dislocation of the hip

    臼歯

    molar (tooth)

    唐臼

    mortar

    寛骨臼蓋

    acetabular roof

    烏臼

    Chinese tallow (as an ingredient in Chinese medicine)

    頸椎脱臼

    cervical dislocation

    臼蓋

    acetabular roof

    臼搗く

    to pound (rice, etc.)

    搗き臼

    mortar (for pounding rice)

    髀臼

    acetabulum

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    • 臼

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    • 臼
    • 臼歯
    • 臼砲
    • 厚臼
    • 上臼
    • 石臼
    • 脱臼
    • 平臼
    • 搗き臼
    • 唐臼
    • 大臼歯
    • 挽き臼
    • 亜脱臼
    • 茶臼
    • 小臼歯
    • 股関節脱臼
    • 先天性股関節脱臼
    • 頸椎脱臼
    • 下臼
    • 臼状火山
    • 前臼歯
    • 後臼歯
    • 六歳臼歯
    • 臼搗く
    • 寛骨臼
    • 臼蓋形成不全
    • 寛骨臼蓋
    • 臼蓋
    • 髀臼
    • 黒臼子
    • 臼茸
    • 烏臼
    • 臼玉

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