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Character Decomposition
扣=扌+口
Etymology
hand
Meanings
to fasten
to button
button
buckle
knot
to arrest
to confiscate
to deduct (money)
discount
to knock
to smash, spike or dunk (a ball)
to cover (with a bowl etc)
(fig.) to tag a label on sb
(Tw) (loanword) code
button
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Words with 扣 152 total
to seize · to confiscate查扣chá kòuhidden snap fastener (concealed behind a flap on a garment)暗扣àn kòuto unbutton · (fig.) to solve a dispute解扣jiě kòuto deduct扣除kòu chúto smash a ball扣击kòu jīto deduct扣减kòu jiǎn(Internet slang) QQ instant messenger扣扣Kòu kòuto detain sb; to hold sb against their will · to withhold (property, documents, funds etc)扣留kòu liúto smash a ball · to spike扣球kòu qiúto smash a ball · to spike扣杀kòu shā(literary) to inquire · to ask · question扣问kòu wènto detain · to hold in custody · to distrain · to seize property扣押kòu yā
Idioms with 扣 15 total Chain
a hundred percent · to the letter · out-and-out不折不扣bù zhé bù kòulit. to knock a basin and feel a candle (idiom) · fig. to rely on superficial experience and one-sided understanding, thus failing to grasp the truth扣盘扪烛kòu pán mén zhúto excite · to thrill · exciting · thrilling · cliff-hanging扣人心弦kòu rén xīn xiánlit. various cuts and deductions (idiom) · fig. greatly reduced · substantially scaled back七折八扣qī zhé bā kòu
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