mortar Malagasy pounding rice in giant wooden mortar to dehull it Madagascar, 21st century (2005). Photo Paul Atkinson Category Threshing / Degraining French mortier English mortar Japanese Kanji 臼 Kana うす Translitération usu Chinese Traditional 臼 Simplified 臼 Pinyin jiu Other illustrations Mortier 3306Madoura, 20th century (beginning). Dir. J. E. Van Someren Brand, Histoire naturelle populaire. Les grandes cultures du monde, leur histoire, leur exploitation, leurs diffrents usages, Paris, 1905. Preceding entry Next entry