叩

Information about character(s)

Radical: 口
Radical Strokes: 3
Additional Strokes: 2
Total Strokes: 5

Pronunciation

Pinyin: kòu
Cantonese: kau3
JapaneseKun: TATAKU TATAKI
JapaneseOn: KOU
Korean: KO
Vietnamese: khấu

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: knock, ask; kowtow, bow

CE-Dict: to knock/to kowtow

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.[Formal] to knock
2.[Formal] to kowtow

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: knock
【醫】 percuss

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: knock

湘雅醫學專業詞典: percuss

康熙字典文字版 【丑集上】【口字部】叩
【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤丘𠋫切，音𡨥。【玉篇】叩，擊也。【禮·學記】叩之以小者，則小鳴。叩之以大者，則大鳴。【論語】以杖叩其脛。【公羊傳·僖十九年】其用之社奈何，蓋叩其鼻以血社也。【史記·秦始皇紀】叩關而攻秦。　又【集韻】以手至首也。【正字通】稽顙曰叩首。【前漢·李陵傳】叩頭自請。　又【韻會】問也，發也。【論語】我叩其兩端而竭焉。【疏】叩，發動也。　又【廣韻】【正韻】苦后切【集韻】【韻會】去厚切，𠀤音口。【廣韻】叩頭。　又【正韻】問也。本作𧥣。　又【廣韻】與扣同。亦擊也。　又叶孔五切，音苦。【韓愈·元和聖德詩】取之江中，枷脰械手。婦女纍纍，啼哭拜叩。手音暑。
考證：〔【禮·樂記】叩之以小者，則小鳴。叩之以大者，則大鳴。〕　謹照原書樂記改學記。

CF-Dict: frapper

Han-De-Dict: klopfen (u.E.) (V)/schlagen, stoßen (u.E.) (V)