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Character Decomposition
叩=口+卩
Etymology
kneel
Meanings
to knock
to kowtow
to knock
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Words with 叩 55 total
to bow in salute; to kowtow叩拜kòu bàito knock on a door叩门kòu ménto kowtow叩首kòu shǒu(literary) to inquire · to ask · question叩问kòu wènto visit (esp. one's superiors)叩谒kòu yècall-in (loanword)叩应kòu yìngspike (volleyball)叩球kòu qiúto kowtow in salute叩见kòu jiànto knock at the gate (old) · to make an approach · to invade · to attack the goal (sports)叩关kòu guānto kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground)叩头kòu tóuto kowtow跪叩guì kòuto kneel three times and kowtow nine times (formal etiquette on meeting the emperor)三跪九叩sān guì jiǔ kòu
Idioms with 叩 10 total Chain
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