舅 (kau5 | jiu4) : maternal uncle; brother-in-law

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舅

kau5

jiu4

[1] maternal uncle; mother's brother
[2] brother-in-law; wife's brother
[3] [literary] husband's father

Stroke count: 13

Level: 1

Radical: 臼 (#134)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

舅

This word has been viewed 14105 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Feb 2011 09:58

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舅父 kau5 fu6*2 jiu4 fu4 = uncle (mother's brother)

舅仔 kau5 zai2 = wife's younger brother 粵

舅母 kau5 mou5 jiu4 mu3 = aunt (mother's brother's wife)

舅舅 kau5 kau5*2 jiu4 jiu4 / jiu4 jiu5 = maternal uncle - mother's brother

舅婆 kau5 po4 = Grandaunt. Specifically, wife of grand-maternal granduncle

舅老爺 kau5 lou5 je4 = father's or mother's maternal uncle

舅爺 kau5 je4 = father's or mother's maternal uncle

舅奶奶 kau5 naai5*4 naai5*2 = wife of father's maternal uncle

舅公 kau5 gung1 = grandmother's brother

阿舅 aa3 kau5 = mother's brother
See all 12 compounds (CantoDict reports 13 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Unicode code for this character: U+8205 (off-site link)

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