扣
Tap the pinyin to hear it
to fasten; to button; button; buckle; knot; to arrest; to confiscate; to deduct (money); discount; to knock; to smash, spike or dunk (a ball); to cover (with a bowl etc); (fig.) to tag a label on sb; (Tw) (loanword) code
- HSK 3.0
- Level 6
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 手 +3
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 扣
- Common rank
- #1,057
- Unicode
- U+6263
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
button · Heisig RSH #1828
fingers + 口 mouth
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 扣
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 扣眼儿 | erhua variant of 釦眼|扣眼[kou4 yan3] | |
| 不折不扣 | a hundred percent; to the letter; out-and-out | |
| 子母扣 | snap fastener | |
| 环环相扣 | closely linked with one another; interlocked; to interrelate | |
| 皮带扣 | belt buckle | |
| 扣带回 | cingulum (anatomy) | |
| 吃回扣 | to receive a kickback; to draw a commission | |
| 扣子 | button | |
| 扣式电池 | button cell; watch battery | |
| 扣动 | to pull (a trigger) | |
| 扣上 | to buckle up; to fasten | |
| 克扣 | to wrongfully withhold part of what is due (to sb); to shortchange; to skim (pay, rations,… | |
| 扣分 | to deduct marks (when grading school work); to have marks deducted; penalty points; to los… | |
| 扣发 | to deprive; to withhold; to hold sth back (and prevent it being known) | |
| 认死扣儿 | stubborn | |
| 门扣 | door latch | |
| 扣眼 | buttonhole | |
| 登山扣 | carabiner | |
| 扣人心弦 | to excite; to thrill; exciting; thrilling; cliff-hanging | |
| 打折扣 | to give a discount; to be of less value than anticipated |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 口 — compare how they read.