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Kanji Detail for 舅 - "father-in-law, uncle, brother-in-law"
舅
- Meaning
舅 means "father-in-law, uncle, brother-in-law."
Father-in-law - A wife's father; a husband's father.
Uncle - A mother's brother.
Brother-in-law - A wife's brother.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
father-in-law
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
mother's brother, uncle
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
maternal uncle
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
mother's brother, uncle
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Mother's brothers. A wife also calls her husband's father 舅 (father-in-law). A husband calls his wife's father 外舅 (father-in-law). A wife's brothers are also called 舅 (brother-in-law).
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- Strokes
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