Chinese Character 敲 Meanings and components.

Form

Meaning

敲 meaning[3] in English

To Hit.

To Strike.

To Tap.

Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Gao (高) , and to tap (攴)

Its radical[1] is: (pu1)

In cangjie it is written with YBYE

How to write 敲

To writeqiao1to hit you should write a combination of gao1surname Gao , pu1to tap arranged in a shape:

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敲 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

Pinyin:qiao1 Shape:
Meaning[3]: To Hit . To Strike . To Tap . To Rap . To Knock . To Rip Sb Off . To Overcharge

Pinyin:gao1
Meaning[3]: Surname Gao

Pinyin:tou2
Meaning[3]: 'Lid' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 8)

Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Pinyin:jiong1 Shape:
Meaning[3]: Archaic Variant Of 坰[Jiong1]

Pinyin:jiong1
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 13), Occurring In 用, 同, 网 Etc . See Also 同字框[Tong2 Zi4 Kuang4]

Pinyin:wei2
Meaning[3]: Enclosure

Pinyin:pu1
Meaning[3]: To Tap . To Knock Lightly . Old Variant Of 撲|扑[Pu1]

Pinyin:bo5
Meaning[3]: Surname Bu

Pinyin:you4
Meaning[3]: (Once) Again . Also . Both... And... . And Yet . (Used For Emphasis) Anyway

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: section shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: hànChinese Character

  • Wiktionary Page for 敲in English or Chinese