U+8205 "舅" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
U+8205 "舅" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "maternal uncle," specifically referring to a mother's brother, and by extension it can also denote a male relative of the mother's generation or a wife's brother in some contexts. This character is composed of the radical 臼 (mortar) and the phonetic component 男 (male), reflecting its semantic link to masculinity and familial relations. It is commonly used in traditional family roles and in the Chinese kinship system, often appearing in terms such as 舅舅 (maternal uncle) or in compounds like 舅妈 (wife of a maternal uncle). The character has a long history in written Chinese, dating back to classical texts, and it remains a standard component in both simplified and traditional Chinese scripts as well as in Japanese and Korean hanja, where it carries similar meanings.