咀 jǔ to suck
to suck; to chew
怎么记住“咀”: 口 mouth + 且 moreover = to suck. With a lollipop in his mouth, the toddler hides behind the bookcase and is, moreover, very happy to have something sweet to suck.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
咀 = 口 mouth + 且 moreover
- 口 mouth meaning
- 且 moreover sound
With a lollipop in his mouth, the toddler hides behind the bookcase and is, moreover, very happy to have something sweet to suck.
How it came to be
The mouth gives the meaning and the right part the sound.
用法
- Bound to 咀嚼 (jǔjué): to chew, and figuratively to mull over: 细细咀嚼 (xìxì jǔjué) to chew slowly / to savor and ponder.
- 咀嚼文字 (jǔjué wénzì) = to chew over the words, i.e. to ponder their meaning.
- Note the reading jǔ; the character rarely appears outside 咀嚼.