叩
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to knock; to kowtow
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 口 +2
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 叩
- Common rank
- #2,844
- Unicode
- U+53E9
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Formation & memory
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Words with 叩
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 叩头 | to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's… | |
| 叩门 | to knock on a door | |
| 叩球 | spike (volleyball) | |
| 叩关 | to knock at the gate (old); to make an approach; to invade; to attack the goal (sports) | |
| 叩见 | to kowtow in salute | |
| 叩应 | call-in (loanword) | |
| 三跪九叩 | to kneel three times and kowtow nine times (formal etiquette on meeting the emperor) | |
| 叩首 | to kowtow; also written 磕頭|磕头[ke1 tou2] | |
| 叩问 | (literary) to inquire; to ask; question | |
| 叩拜 | to bow in salute; to kowtow | |
| 跪叩 | to kowtow | |
| 叩谒 | to visit (esp. one's superiors) |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 口 — compare how they read.