Unicode: U+8205

Pinyin: jiù

Definition

* 母亲的弟兄。 ~~。~父。~母。 * 妻的弟兄。 妻~。 * 古代称丈夫的父亲。 ~姑(公婆)。"昔者吾~死于虎"。 * 古代帝王称异姓大邦诸侯为"伯舅",异姓小邦诸侯为"叔舅"。诸侯亦称异姓大夫为"舅"

mother"s brother, uncle

Structure

舅 graph

Related substructures

Precursors

Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
27_8205
Clerical Script
c. 300 BCE–220 CE (emerged late Warring States/Qin; dominant Han)
A practical script that evolved from late Warring States/Qin writing; it matured and became dominant in the Han dynasty, favoring faster, more rectilinear strokes.Wikipedia ->
94_E6C094_E6C1
Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
85_E782

Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC