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叩

叩 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

strike, beat, kow tow, hit, thrash, criticize

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • コウ
Kun (native)
  • たた(く)
  • はた(く)
  • すぎ
Other languages
  • 拼音kou4
  • 한글go
  • Hán-ViệtKhấu

Basics

Strokes
5 strokes
Radical
口(くち)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+53E9

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰口卩

Words using this kanji

  • 叩きたたきfinely chopped fish or meat (sometimes seared first), mince, hitting (e.g. a drum), striking
  • 叩くたたくto strike, to hit, to beat, to knock
  • 叩きはたき(feather) duster, dusting
  • 叩頭こうとう頭を地につけて御辞儀、礼拝すること。叩首。kowtow (bow made from a kneeling position wherein the forehead touches the ground)
  • 叩首こうしゅ（叩きつけるように）地面に頭をつけておじきをすること。叩頭。kowtow
  • 叩くはたくto dust, to remove dust, to slap, to hit (with the palm)
  • 叩解こうかい紙の原料であるパルプの繊維を機械で押し潰したり、切断したり、裂いたりすること。beating (in papermaking), refining
  • 叩打こうだhitting, striking, slapping, patting
  • 叩ったたっindicates that an action is performed roughly or violently
  • 叩き箸たたきばしringing one's chopsticks against a dish (in order to request seconds, etc.) (a breach of etiquette)
  • 叩き割るたたきわるto smash, to break into pieces
  • 叩き込むたたきこむto drive into (e.g. a nail into a board), to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands), to throw into (e.g. jail), to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.)
  • 叩き出すたたきだすto begin to strike, to kick out, to forcefully expel, to fire (someone)
  • 叩き消すたたきけすto beat out (a fire)
  • 叩き切るたたききるto hack, to chop (firewood, meat, etc.), to chop off (e.g. a head)
  • 叩き潰すたたきつぶすto (hit and) crush, to smash, to squash, to defeat soundly
  • 叩き大工たたきだいくclumsy carpenter
  • 叩き上げたたきあげworking one's way up, self-made person, veteran
  • 叩き売りたたきうりsacrifice sale, bargain sale, discount sale, energetically touting goods while reducing price bit by bit
  • 叩き直すたたきなおすto beat back into shape, to correct (a bad habit, character trait, etc.) by discipline, to straighten (someone) out

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(62 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-2
Four Corner
6702.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3d2.3
Heisig
2285
Nelson
876