厩 (jiù) — stable; cattle shed; pen (for livestock)
Definition
厩 (jiù) is a literary bound form meaning 'stable' or 'livestock shed' — almost always attached to a livestock noun like 马厩 (horse stable) or 牛厩 (cowshed), rarely used alone. The everyday word is 棚 or 圈.
bound form
stablecattle shedpen (for livestock)
Easily confused
- 就jiùsound-alike(after conditional clause) then; in that case
- 救jiùsound-aliketo save, to rescue
- 旧jiùsound-alike(of objects) old, used, worn (not new)
- 舅jiùsound-alikemother's brother, maternal uncle
- 咎jiùsound-aliketo blame, to censure, to find fault with
- 臼jiùsound-alikemortar (tool for pounding rice or grain)
Examples
- 。Zhè ge mǎ jiù hěn gān jìng.This horse stable is very clean.
- 厩。Tā bǎ niú guān jìn le niú jiù lǐ.He locked the cow in the cowshed.
- 。Wǒ men měi tiān zǎo shàng qīng sǎo mǎ jiù.We clean the horse stable every morning.
Origin
Sound + meaning六书liùshū
形声xíngshēngMost characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.
This origin belongs to the traditional form 廄; 厩 is its simplified writing.
Sound part声符shēngfú
㲃
㲃㲃廄⁰jiù
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.
The traditional form 廄 pairs 广, a house, with 㲃 as a sound part; the simplified 厩 is a later shorthand.
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