鼓 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning

drum, beat, rouse, muster

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • JHS
Kun (native)
  • つづみHS
Other languages
  • 拼音gu3
  • 한글go
  • Hán-ViệtCổ

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
13 strokes
Radical
鼓(つづみ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+9F13

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰壴支

Words using this kanji

  • 鼓舞こぶ太鼓を打って舞を舞うこと。 はげまし勇気付ける、奮い立たせること。encouragement, inspiration, rousing, stirring up
  • 鼓動こどう心臓が血液を送り出すために律動的に脈打つこと。また、その響き。 震え動くこと。beat, palpitation, pulsation, throbbing
  • つづみtsuzumi, drum (general term for struck leather percussion instruments)
  • 鼓膜こまく外耳と内耳の境にある楕円形の薄い膜。空気の振動を耳小骨に伝える。eardrum, tympanic membrane
  • 鼓室こしつtympanic cavity
  • 鼓手こしゅ太鼓や鼓を打つひと。drummer
  • 鼓吹こすい笛や鼓などの楽器を鳴らすこと。 自分の意見を吹聴する、吹きこむこと。 励ますこと。奮励。rousing (courage, morale, etc.), encouragement, advocacy, promotion (of a belief)
  • 鼓腸こちょう腸内にガスがたまり、腹部が膨満する疾患。 反芻する動物の第一胃で食物が発酵し大量のガスが溜まる疾患。鼓脹。flatulence, meteorism, tympanites, bloat
  • 鼓笛こてきdrum and fife
  • 鼓腹こふく腹鼓を打つこと。 衣食が足り、民の生活が安定し不平不満がないこと。happiness, contentment
  • 鼓すこすto beat (a drum), to pluck up courage
  • 鼓索こさくchorda tympani
  • 鼓譟こそうmotivating the troops on the battlefield with war drums and war cries, making an uproar
  • 鼓楼ころう太鼓を吊るした建物。太鼓を叩いて時を知らせる。日本では仏教寺院に、中国では城郭に多く建てられた。temple tower housing a drum for marking the passing of time
  • 鼓手長こしゅちょうdrum major
  • 鼓吹者こすいしゃadvocate, propagator
  • 鼓笛隊こてきたいdrum and fife band
  • 鼓するこするto beat (a drum), to pluck up courage
  • 鼓膜炎こまくえんmyringitis, tympanitis
  • 鼓舞激励こぶげきれいencouragement

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-9-4
Four Corner
4414.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3p10.2
Heisig
1552
Nelson
5415