Chinese Character 叩 Meanings and components.

Form

叩

Meaning

叩 meaning[3] in English

To Knock.

To Kowtow.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 叩 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are mouth (口) , and 'seal' radical in … (卩)

Its radical[1] is: 口 (kou3) which means: Mouth, Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc), Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls, .口kou3mouth

In cangjie it is written with RSL

How to write 叩

To write叩kou4to knock you should write a combination of 口kou3mouth , 卩jie2'seal' radical … arranged in a 吅 shape:

口 + 卩 = 叩

叩 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 叩 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 叩, looks as follow:

叩
Pinyin:kou4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Knock . To Kowtow
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
卩
Pinyin:jie2
Meaning[3]: 'Seal' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 26)

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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