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鼓
皷
gǔ
1. old variant of [[鼓<gǔ>]]
Very Common • Top 3% ✏️ 13 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

鼓
gǔ
drum; to beat, to strike; to rouse
HSK 4 13 丶

Compound Words (20)

鼓板
gǔbǎn
clapper-board
哑鼓
yǎgǔ
drum practice pad (music)
大鼓
dàgǔ
big bass drum
打鼓
dǎgǔ
to beat a drum
捣鼓
dǎogu
to fiddle with sth
更鼓
gēnggǔ
drum marking night watches
板鼓
bǎngǔ
small drum for marking time
渔鼓
yúgǔ
percussion instrument in the form of a bamboo fish (traditionally used by Daoist priests)
石鼓
Dàngǔ
Dangu district of Hengyang city [[衡陽市|衡阳市<Héngyángshì>]], Hunan
羯鼓
jiégǔ
double ended skin drum with a narrow waist
耳鼓
ěrgǔ
eardrum
腰鼓
yāogǔ
waist drum
花鼓
huāgǔ
flower-drum, a folk art form involving singing and dancing
转鼓
zhuàngǔ
rotary drum
铃鼓
línggǔ
tambourine (musical instrument)
铜鼓
Tónggǔ
Tonggu county in Yichun [[宜春]], Jiangxi
锣鼓
luógǔ
gongs and drums
鱼鼓
yúgǔ
percussion instrument in the form of a bamboo fish (traditionally used by Daoist priests)
鼓动
gǔdòng
to agitate
HSK 6
鼓励
gǔlì
to encourage
HSK 4

Alternate Entries

鼓
gǔ
drum / CL:[[通<tòng>]], [[面<miàn>]] / to drum / to strike / to rouse / to bulge / to swell

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
1,122
Word Frequency Rank
2,538 of 84,292
Radical Number
207