bow

Components
革 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

leather

leather

匊 sound component

  Sound component

  

handful

Evolution

鞠 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
鞠 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
鞠 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
鞠 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
鞠 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

bow, bend; rear, raise, nourish; to bring up; to rear; Taiwan pr. [jú]

 

surname Ju

Most common words with 鞠
Freq.
Word
Meaning

鞠躬

to bow

to rear

鞠躬尽瘁

to bend to a task and spare no effort (idiom); striving to the utmost