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Jū

Meanings

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Jū
  1. 1.surname Ju
jū
  1. 1.to incline (one's torso); to bow
  2. 2.leather ball used in ancient times
  3. 3.(literary) to bring up; to rear
  4. 4.Taiwan pr. [jú]

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.leather ball used in games
  2. 2.to bend; to curve
  3. 3.to bow
  4. 4.bow
  5. 5.to rear; to raise; to nourish
  6. 6.young; childish
  7. 7.to warn; to admonish
  8. 8.a surname

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Etymology

A phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声) composed of phonetic ⿰革勹 + semantic 米. An earlier written form of 麴 (“starter with brewer's yeast”) (Zhao, 2002).

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Components

鞠革匊

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Derived terms

三鞠躬乞鞠撫摩鞠育抚摩鞠育擊鞠击鞠盡瘁鞠躬尽瘁鞠躬踢鞠蹋鞠蹴鞠陳師鞠旅陈师鞠旅雞鞠鸡鞠鞠場鞠场鞠子鞠旅鞠育鞠躬鞠躬盡瘁鞠躬尽瘁鞠部鞠部頭鞠部头鞠養鞠养

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Related words

鞠躬 to bow蹴鞠 cuju, ancient Chinese football (soccer)鞠躬尽力 to bend to a task and spare no effort (idiom); striving to the utmost鞠躬尽瘁 to bend to a task and spare no effort (idiom); striving to the utmost鞠躬尽瘁，死而后已 to bend to a task and spare no effort unto one's dying day (idiom); striving to the utmost one's whole life