磕
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to tap; to knock (against sth hard); (esp.) to knock (mud from boots, ash from a pipe etc); (fandom slang) to be into (a character relationship, dynamic, or trope)
15 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,005 U+78D5
How 磕 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
石 (semantic, “stone”) + 盍 (phonetic, hé)
How to remember it
collide with · Heisig RSH #2493
石 stone + 去 go + dish
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 盍
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 盍 (hé) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 盍 sound component | hé | what? why not? |
| 阖 | hé | to close; whole, entire, all |
| 嗑 | kè | to eat seeds; to reproach; loquacious |
| 瞌 | kē | sleepy; to doze off |
| 溘 | kè | sudden, abrupt, unexpected |
Words containing 磕
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 磕头 | kē tóu | to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's… |
| 磕磕巴巴 | kē kē bā bā | stammering; stuttering; not speaking fluently |
| 磕头如捣蒜 | kē tóu rú dǎo suàn | (idiom) to kowtow repeatedly and rapidly (esp. when pleading for mercy) |
| 死磕 | sǐ kē | (coll.) to fight to the death |
| 磕糖 | kē táng | (slang) to revel in the sight of one's favorite couple being affectionate; to lap it up wh… |
| 磕膝盖 | kē xī gài | (dialect) knee |
| 磕碰 | kē pèng | to knock against; to bump into; to have a disagreement; to clash |
| 磕CP | kē CP | (slang) to ship a fictional couple; to enthusiastically support a romantic pairing; also p… |
| 磕磕 | kē kē | (onom.) knocking |
| 磕磕绊绊 | kē ke bàn bàn | bumpy (of a road); limping (of a person) |
| 磕碜 | kē chen | (dialect) ugly; unsightly; shabby; (dialect) to humiliate; to ridicule |