柩

jiù
noun #62,465

Meanings

  1. 1 a coffin containing a corpse; bier

Examples

HSK 7-9
Érzi men hùsòng língjiù huí xiāng ānzàng.
His sons escorted the coffin back to their hometown for burial.
HSK 7-9
Língjiù tíng zài cítáng, děnghòu chūbìn.
The coffin was placed in the ancestral hall awaiting the funeral.

Tips

usage
An empty coffin is 棺; once it holds a body it becomes 柩. In modern Chinese it appears mainly in 灵柩 ('coffin with the deceased').

Components

radical
木 mù
wood
Left side is the wood radical 木, since a coffin is a wooden box, the radical carries the core 'made of wood' sense.
phonetic
匛 jiù
enclosed container element
The right portion combines an enclosing 'box' frame with 久 ('long, lasting') inside. It both supplies the sound jiù and hints at a long-sealed container.

Stroke Order

柩 jiù