敲
to hit; to strike; to tap; to rap; to knock; to rip sb off; to overcharge
14 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,839 U+6572
How 敲 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
攴 (semantic, “strike”) + 高 (phonetic, gāo)
How to remember it
knock · Heisig RSH #1886
Eiffel Tower + magic wand + crotch
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 高
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 高 (gāo) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 高 sound component | gāo | tall, lofty; high, elevated |
| 豪 | háo | brave, heroic, chivalrous |
| 膏 | gāo | grease, fat; ointment, paste |
| 稿 | gǎo | draft, manuscript, rough copy |
| 搞 | gǎo | to do, to fix, to make, to settle |
| 镐 | hào | stove; bright |
| 蒿 | hāo | mugwort, wormwood, Artemisia; to give off a scent |
| 槁 | gǎo | to wither; withered, rotten, dead |
| 篙 | gāo | a pole used to punt a boat |
| 犒 | kào | victory feast; to throw a banquet |
| 缟 | gǎo | plain white silk |
| 暠 | gǎo | daybreak; brilliant, bright |
Words containing 敲
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 平生不做亏心事，半夜敲门心不惊 | píng shēng bù zuò kuī xīn shì , bàn yè qiāo mén xīn bù jīng | He who never wrongs others does not fear the knock in the night.; Rest with a clear consci… |
| 不做亏心事，不怕鬼敲门 | bù zuò kuī xīn shì , bù pà guǐ qiāo mén | he who never wrongs others does not fear the knock in the night; you can rest with a clear… |
| 敲大背 | qiāo dà bèi | to have sex with a prostitute |
| 敲中背 | qiāo zhōng bèi | to receive oral sex from a prostitute |
| 敲小背 | qiāo xiǎo bèi | to be masturbated by a prostitute |
| 敲山震虎 | qiāo shān zhèn hǔ | a deliberate show of strength as a warning |
| 敲开 | qiāo kāi | to get sth open by tapping or striking it; (figuratively, when followed by sth like ∼的大門|∼… |
| 敲门 | qiāo mén | to knock on a door |
| 敲打 | qiāo dǎ | to beat sb; to beat (a drum) |
| 敲敲打打 | qiāo qiāo dǎ dǎ | to make a continual banging sound; (fig.) to provoke with words |
| 敲边鼓 | qiāo biān gǔ | to back sb up; to support sb in an argument; (lit. to beat nearby drum) |
| 敲定 | qiāo dìng | to come to a decision; to fix on (a date etc); to determine; to finalize; to nail down (a … |
| 零打碎敲 | líng dǎ suì qiāo | to do things in bits and pieces (idiom); piecemeal work |
| 零敲碎打 | líng qiāo suì dǎ | to do things in bits and pieces (idiom); piecemeal work |
| 敲入 | qiāo rù | to key in; to input |
| 敲背 | qiāo bèi | back-knocking massage |
| 敲锣边儿 | qiāo luó biān r | to strike the edge of a gong; (fig.) to stir up trouble from the sidelines |
| 推敲 | tuī qiāo | to think over |
| 敲击 | qiāo jī | to pound; to rap |
| 敲诈勒索 | qiāo zhà lè suǒ | extortion and blackmail (idiom) |