嚼
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to chew; also pr. [jue2]
20 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,416 U+56BC
How 嚼 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
口 (semantic, “mouth”) + 爵 (phonetic, jué)
How to remember it
chew · Heisig RSH #2510
口 mouth + 爵 upper crust
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 爵
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 爵 (jué) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 爵 sound component | jué | noble; a feudal rank or title |
| 爝 | jué | torch |
Words containing 嚼
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 吃别人嚼过的馍不香 | chī bié rén jiáo guò de mó bù xiāng | lit. bread previously chewed by someone has no flavor (idiom); fig. there's no joy in disc… |
| 口嚼酒 | kǒu jiáo jiǔ | alcoholic drink made by fermenting chewed rice |
| 咬文嚼字 | yǎo wén jiáo zì | to bite words and chew characters (idiom); punctilious about minutiae of wording |
| 贪多嚼不烂 | tān duō jiáo bù làn | to bite off more than one can chew (idiom) |
| 嚼舌头 | jiáo shé tóu | to gossip; to argue unnecessarily |
| 嚼劲儿 | jiáo jìn r | chewiness |
| 味同嚼蜡 | wèi tóng jiáo là | lit. tastes as if one is chewing wax (idiom); fig. tasteless; insipid |
| 嚼子 | jiáo zi | bit; mouthpiece |
| 嚼头 | jiáo tou | chewiness; (fig.) substance; depth; something to chew on (in a novel, movie etc) |
| 嚼舌根 | jiáo shé gēn | to gossip; to argue unnecessarily |
| 嚼酒 | jiáo jiǔ | alcoholic drink made by fermenting chewed rice |
| 倒嚼 | dǎo jiào | (of cows) to ruminate |
| 细嚼慢咽 | xì jiáo màn yàn | to eat slowly (idiom) |
| 嚼舌 | jiáo shé | to gossip; to argue unnecessarily |
| 嚼劲 | jiáo jìn | chewiness |
| 咬嚼 | yǎo jiáo | to chew; to masticate; to ruminate; to mull over |
| 嚼蜡 | jiáo là | insipid |
| 咀嚼肌 | jǔ jué jī | (anatomy) muscles of mastication |
| 咀嚼 | jǔ jué | to chew; to think over |