厩

廐
jiù
#4,169 most
frequent character
variant of 廄|厩[jiu4]

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

厩 shows 厂, a cliff face also used for buildings, and uses 既 jì for its sound. It first meant a barn or shed for livestock. That grew to mean a stable or pen.

Drawn as: cliff face

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Same Characters, Different Readings

厩jiù
stable, barn

Homophones

HSK 2
就jiù
at once, right away, only
HSK 3
旧jiù
old, opposite: new 新, former

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