敲
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to hit; to strike; to tap; to rap; to knock; to rip sb off; to overcharge
- HSK 3.0
- Level 5
- Old HSK
- Level 4
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 攴 +10
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 敲
- Common rank
- #1,839
- Unicode
- U+6572
Sound it out + + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
knock · Heisig RSH #1886
Eiffel Tower + magic wand + crotch
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 敲
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 平生不做亏心事，半夜敲门心不惊 | He who never wrongs others does not fear the knock in the night.; Rest with a clear consci… | |
| 不做亏心事，不怕鬼敲门 | he who never wrongs others does not fear the knock in the night; you can rest with a clear… | |
| 敲大背 | to have sex with a prostitute | |
| 敲中背 | to receive oral sex from a prostitute | |
| 敲小背 | to be masturbated by a prostitute | |
| 敲山震虎 | a deliberate show of strength as a warning | |
| 敲开 | to get sth open by tapping or striking it; (figuratively, when followed by sth like ∼的大門|∼… | |
| 敲门 | to knock on a door | |
| 敲打 | to beat sb; to beat (a drum) | |
| 敲敲打打 | to make a continual banging sound; (fig.) to provoke with words | |
| 敲边鼓 | to back sb up; to support sb in an argument; (lit. to beat nearby drum) | |
| 敲定 | to come to a decision; to fix on (a date etc); to determine; to finalize; to nail down (a … | |
| 零打碎敲 | to do things in bits and pieces (idiom); piecemeal work | |
| 零敲碎打 | to do things in bits and pieces (idiom); piecemeal work | |
| 敲入 | to key in; to input | |
| 敲背 | back-knocking massage | |
| 敲锣边儿 | to strike the edge of a gong; (fig.) to stir up trouble from the sidelines | |
| 推敲 | to think over | |
| 敲击 | to pound; to rap | |
| 敲诈勒索 | extortion and blackmail (idiom) |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 高 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 高 sound part | tall, lofty; high, elevated | |
| 豪 | brave, heroic, chivalrous | |
| 膏 | grease, fat; ointment, paste | |
| 稿 | draft, manuscript, rough copy | |
| 搞 | to do, to fix, to make, to settle | |
| 镐 | stove; bright | |
| 蒿 | mugwort, wormwood, Artemisia; to give off a scent | |
| 槁 | to wither; withered, rotten, dead | |
| 篙 | a pole used to punt a boat | |
| 犒 | victory feast; to throw a banquet | |
| 缟 | plain white silk | |
| 暠 | daybreak; brilliant, bright |