懂中文 Dong Chinese

磕

kē, kè

hit

Phonosemantic compound. 石 represents the meaning and 盍 represents the sound.

Components
石 meaning component

石  Meaning component

shí, dàn

  

stone

盍 sound component

盍  Sound component

hé

  

what? why not?

Evolution

磕 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
磕 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

磕  

kē

hit; collide, knock into; sound; to tap; to knock (against sth hard); to knock (mud from boots, ashes from a pipe etc)

磕  

kè

variant of 嗑[kè]

Most common words with 磕
Freq.
Word
Meaning

磕

to tap

磕头

to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground)

磕磕绊绊

bumpy (of a road)

磕碰

to knock against

磕磕

(onom.) knocking