qiāo
strike
Phonosemantic compound. 攴 represents the meaning and 高 represents the sound.
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
qiāo
strike, beat, pound, hammer; rap; to hit; to strike; to tap; to rap; to knock; to rip sb off; to overcharge
Most common words with 敲
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
to hit | ||
to knock on a door | ||
to rip off | ||
to sound a bell | ||
to determine |
Statistics
HSK level 5
Appears in 20.4869% of movies
1495th most common character in movies
1732nd most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 14 |
Unicode | U+6572 |
Shuowen | “敲,橫擿也。从攴,高聲。” |
Sources
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