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叩
kòu
1. to knock
2. to kowtow
Uncommon • Top 24% ✏️ 5 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

叩
kòu
to ask; to bow, to kowtow; to knock
5 丶

Compound Words (11)

跪叩
guìkòu
to kowtow
叩应
kòuyìng
call-in (loanword)
叩拜
kòubài
to bow in salute
叩球
kòuqiú
spike (volleyball)
叩见
kòujiàn
to kowtow in salute
叩谒
kòuyè
to visit (esp. one's superiors)
叩门
kòumén
to knock on a door
叩关
kòuguān
to knock at the gate (old)
叩头
kòutóu
to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground)
叩首
kòushǒu
to kowtow
三跪九叩
sānguìjiǔkòu
to kneel three times and kowtow nine times (formal etiquette on meeting the emperor)

Alternate Entries

叩
kòu
old variant of [[叩<kòu>]] / to knock

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
2,897
Word Frequency Rank
20,374 of 84,292