Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 敲


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Meaning

to sound a bell, to strike, hit, knock, overcharge

Pronunciation

qiāo

Explanation

Left: high (image of a guard tower, but here: bell tower), right: to strike (= 攵 stick in a hand )

Mnemonic

For the bell in the tower use the stick in your hand to strike it.

Radicals

tall
rap, strike(Shows originally a hand with a whip . It is usually simplified to 攵. Other radicals with a hand are: )
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Vocabulary

牡捴敲猠汯潫異
推敲 tuī qiāo to think over
敲击 qiāo jī to pound; to rap
敲打 qiāo dǎ to beat sb; to beat (a drum)


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