Memory phrase for the character: 叩
叩
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Meaning
to knock, to kowtow
Pronunciation
kòu
kou4
Explanation
Left: mouth 口, right: bent person卩
Mnemonic
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The sound (= what comes out of the mouth) of a bent person is a knocking. (e.g. with the walking stick 丨 on the ground)
Radicals
口
mouth, opening This is a small square. If it is bigger: 囗, it is an enclosure.
卩
bent person Shows a person 人 bowing down deeply. (Further radicals with "person" are: sitting 匕, sitting cross-legged 夂, lying , kneeling ⺈, skilled 才, bending マ,卩, slumped 㔾 or husband 夫)
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Vocabulary
叩头
kòu tóu
to kowtow (traditional greeting)
7402
跪叩
guì kòu
to kowtow
7403
跪叩
guì kòu
7404
跪叩
guì kòu
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