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殴

ōu

HSK 6 Character Traditional 毆

What 殴 means

1. to beat up
2. to hit sb

Other readings

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

• Ōusurname Ou

Example sentences

• 他被殴打得快死。
  Tā bèi ōudǎ de kuài sǐ.
  He was beaten to within an inch of his life.
• 警察驱散了这场斗殴。
  Jǐngchá qūsàn le zhè chǎng dòu'ōu.
  The police broke up the fight.
• 囚犯们像疯子一样互相殴斗。
  Qiúfàn men xiàng fēngzi yīyàng hùxiāng ōudòu.
  The prisoners fought one another like so many mad people.
• 有时候冰球运动员相互挑衅得太厉害以至于会引发斗殴。
  Yǒushíhou bīngqiú yùndòngyuán xiānghù tiǎoxìn de tài lìhai yǐzhìyú huì yǐnfā dòu'ōu.
  Sometimes hockey players get so competitive that fights break out.

Words starting with 殴

• 殴打ōu dǎto beat up; to come to blows; battery (law)
• 殴斗ōu dòuto have a fist fight; fist fight; brawl
• 殴打罪ōu dǎ zuìassault and battery (law)

Words containing 殴

• 斗殴dòu ōuto brawl; to scuffle
• 互殴hù ōuto fight each other; to come to blows
• 围殴wéi ōuto gang up and beat
• 痛殴tòng ōuto beat sb up

Characters built on 区

These share the phonetic component 区 (qū), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 欧ōuohm (abbr. for 欧姆; euro (abbr. for 欧元; used in transliteration
• 呕ǒuvomit
• 鸥ōucommon gull
• 抠kōuto dig; to pick; to scratch (with a finger or sth pointed); to carve; to cut…
• 瓯ōu(pottery) bowl or drinking vessel
• 讴ōuto sing; ballad; folk song
• 怄òuto annoy; to irritate; to be annoyed
• 沤ōububble; froth

Characters that look like 殴

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 返fǎnto return (to)
• 贩fànto deal in; to buy and sell; to trade in
• 删shānto delete
• 坡pōslope; sloping; slanted
• 绘huìto draw; to paint; to depict; to portray
• 昭zhāobright; clear; manifest

Sounds the same

Read ōu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 欧ohm (abbr. for 欧姆; euro (abbr. for 欧元; used in transliteration
• 鸥common gull
• 瓯(pottery) bowl or drinking vessel
• 沤bubble; froth
• 讴to sing; ballad; folk song
• 𬉼severe drought; exceptionally hot weather
• 区surname Ou