叩 — Chinese character
叩
kòu
to ask; to bow, to kowtow; to knock
- Pinyin
- kòu
- Radical
- 30 ⼝ (Mouth)
- Strokes
- 5
- Components
- 口 卩
- Formation
- pictophonetic — kneel; meaning component 卩; sound component 口
- Japanese
- 叩 as a kanji
Common words with 叩
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 叩头 (叩頭) | kòu tóu | to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground); also written 磕头 (kē tóu) |
| 叩问 (叩問) | kòu wèn | (literary) to inquire; to ask |
| 叩首 | kòu shǒu | to kowtow; also written 磕头 (kē tóu) |
| 叩拜 | kòu bài | to bow in salute; to kowtow |
| 叩门 (叩門) | kòu mén | to knock on a door |
| 叩关 (叩關) | kòu guān | to knock at the gate (old); to make an approach |
| 叩应 (叩應) | kòu yìng | call-in (loanword) |
| 三跪九叩 | sān guì jiǔ kòu | to kneel three times and kowtow nine times (formal etiquette on meeting the emperor) |
| 叩见 (叩見) | kòu jiàn | to kowtow in salute |
| 跪叩 | guì kòu | to kowtow |
| 叩球 | kòu qiú | spike (volleyball) |
| 叩谒 (叩謁) | kòu yè | to visit (esp. one's superiors) |
English words written with 叩
叩 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 2 · Mencius 1
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.