jiù

coffin which contains corpse

A wooden  coffin also provides the pronunciation

Components
木 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

tree

匛 sound,meaning component

  Sound Meaning component

  

Evolution

柩 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
柩 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
柩 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
柩 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

jiù

coffin which contains corpse; bier

Most common words with 柩
Freq.
Word
Meaning

灵柩

coffin containing a corpse

bier