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叩

kòu

Character

What 叩 means

1. to knock
2. to kowtow

Other readings

叩 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• kòuold variant of {叩|kòu}; to knock

Example sentences

• 叩响幸福之门
  Kòu xiǎng xìngfú zhī mén
  Knock on the door of happiness.

Words starting with 叩

• 叩头kòu tóuto kowtow…
• 叩问kòu wèn(literary) to inquire; to ask; question
• 叩应kòu yìngcall-in (loanword)
• 叩拜kòu bàito bow in salute; to kowtow
• 叩球kòu qiúspike (volleyball)
• 叩见kòu jiànto kowtow in salute
• 叩门kòu ménto knock on a door
• 叩关kòu guānto knock at the gate (old); to make an approach; to invade
• 叩首kòu shǒuto kowtow; also written 磕头
• 叩谒kòu yèto visit (esp. one's superiors)

Words containing 叩

• 跪叩guì kòuto kowtow
• 三跪九叩sān guì jiǔ kòuto kneel three times and kowtow nine times (formal etiquette on meeting the emperor)

Sounds the same

Read kòu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 扣to fasten; to button; button
• 寇to invade; to plunder; bandit
• 蔻used in 豆蔻
• 簆healds of a loom
• 筘(a measure of width of cloth)
• 怐used in 怐愗
• 鷇fledglings
• 佝used in 佝瞀