扣 — Chinese character
扣
kòu
to detain; to knock, to tap; button
- Pinyin
- kòu
- Radical
- 64 ⼿ (Hand)
- Strokes
- 6
- Components
- 扌 口
- Formation
- pictophonetic — hand; meaning component 扌; sound component 口
- Japanese
- 扣 as a kanji
Common words with 扣
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 扣押 | kòu yā | to detain; to hold in custody |
| 折扣 | zhé kòu | discount |
| 扣留 | kòu liú | to detain sb; to hold sb against their will; to withhold (property, documents, funds etc) |
| 扣除 | kòu chú | to deduct |
| 回扣 | huí kòu | brokerage; a commission paid to a middleman |
| 扣子 (釦子) | kòu zi | button |
| 不折不扣 | bù zhé bù kòu | a hundred percent; to the letter |
| 克扣 (剋扣) | kè kòu | to wrongfully withhold part of what is due (to sb); to shortchange; to skim (pay, rations, resources etc) |
| 紧扣 (緊扣) | jǐn kòu | to stick closely to (a topic or theme etc) |
| 纽扣 (紐扣) | niǔ kòu | button |
| 扣篮 (扣籃) | kòu lán | slam dunk |
| 扣动 (扣動) | kòu dòng | to pull (a trigger) |
English words written with 扣
扣 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: 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.