鼓 — Chinese character
鼓
gǔ
drum; to beat, to strike; to rouse
- Pinyin
- gǔ
- Radical
- 207 ⿎ (Drum)
- Strokes
- 13
- Components
- 壴 支
- Formation
- pictophonetic — drum; meaning component 壴; sound component 支
- Japanese
- 鼓 as a kanji
Common words with 鼓
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鼓励 (鼓勵) | gǔ lì | to encourage |
| 鼓舞 | gǔ wǔ | to inspire; to encourage; to hearten; to boost (morale) |
| 鼓吹 | gǔ chuī | to agitate for; to enthusiastically promote |
| 鼓掌 | gǔ zhǎng | to applaud; to clap |
| 鼓动 (鼓動) | gǔ dòng | to urge (an activity that may be beneficial, harmful or neutral); to encourage; to agitate; to instigate; to incite; to beat; to flap (wings, a fan etc) |
| 打鼓 | dǎ gǔ | to beat a drum; to play a drum |
| 大张旗鼓 (大張旗鼓) | dà zhāng qí gǔ | (idiom) with great fanfare; on a grand scale |
| 鼓楼 (鼓樓) | gǔ lóu | a drum tower; Drum Tower, historic attraction in Xian, Beijing etc |
| 鼓手 | gǔ shǒu | drummer |
| 鼓起勇气 (鼓起勇氣) | gǔ qǐ yǒng qì | to summon one's courage |
| 鼓声 (鼓聲) | gǔ shēng | sound of a drum; drumbeat |
| 欢欣鼓舞 (歡欣鼓舞) | huān xīn gǔ wǔ | (idiom) elated and excited; overjoyed |
English words written with 鼓
鼓 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 4 · Art of War 3 · I Ching 2 · Mencius 9 · Zhuangzi 8 · Doctrine of the Mean 1
- Analects 11.16
- Analects 11.25
- Analects 17.11
- Analects 18.9
- Art of War 7.23
- Art of War 7.24
- Art of War 7.26
- Hexagram 30
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