common
verb

Meaning of

咀 means chew; masticate; ponder; ruminate; savor. Pronounced jǔ.

  • chew; masticate
  • ponder; ruminate; savor
  • contain in the mouth

Character Info

Radical
Strokes8
Components

Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

Chī
dōng
xi西
yào
màn
màn
jué
 
cái
róng
xiāo
huà
 

You should chew food slowly to make it easier to digest.

duàn
jué
zhe
kǒu
zhōng
de
niú
ròu
 

He kept chewing the beef in his mouth.

Xīn
xiān
de
gǎn
lǎn
yào
cái
néng
cháng
chū
tián
wèi
 

You need to chew fresh olives carefully to taste their sweetness.

Zhè
zhǒng
cǎo
yào
néng
zhí
jiē
 
yào
zhǔ
chéng
tāng
yòng
 

You cannot chew this herbal medicine directly; you need to boil it into soup to take it.

Xiǎo
gǒu
zhèng
zhe
gēn
tou
 

The puppy is chewing on a bone.