Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 叩
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叩 |
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Meaning |
to knock, to kowtow |
Pronunciation |
kòu |
Explanation |
Left: mouth 口, right: bent person卩 |
Mnemonic
| 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
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口
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mouth, opening | (This is a small square. If it is bigger: 囗, it is an enclosure.) |
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卩
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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)) |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
| 叩头 |
kòu tóu |
to kowtow (traditional greeting) | | 跪叩 |
guì kòu |
to kowtow |
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