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叩

kòu

knock

Phonosemantic compound. 卩 represents the meaning and 口 represents the sound. Simplified form of 敂.

Components
卩 meaning component

卩  Meaning component

jié

  

person kneeling

口 sound component

口  Sound component

kǒu

  

mouth

Evolution

叩 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
叩 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
叩 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
叩 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

叩  

kòu

knock, ask; kowtow, bow; to knock; to kowtow

叩 (敂) 

kòu

old variant of 叩[kòu]

Most common words with 叩
Freq.
Word
Meaning

叩

to knock

叩头

also written 磕頭|磕头[kē​tóu]

叩首

to kowtow

叩拜

to kowtow

叩门

to knock on a door

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*kʰˤ(r)oʔ

khuwX

kǒu

strike

*kʰˤ(r)oʔ-s

khuwH

kòu

strike (v.)


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

2898th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

5

Unicode

U+53E9


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