敲 — Chinese character
敲
qiāo
to hammer, to pound, to strike
- Pinyin
- qiāo
- Radical
- 66 ⽁ (Rap)
- Strokes
- 14
- Components
- 高 攴
- Formation
- pictophonetic — strike; meaning component 攴; sound component 高
- Japanese
- 敲 as a kanji
Common words with 敲
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 敲门 (敲門) | qiāo mén | to knock on a door |
| 敲诈 (敲詐) | qiāo zhà | to rip off; to extort (money) |
| 敲打 | qiāo dǎ | to beat sb; to beat (a drum) |
| 敲响 (敲響) | qiāo xiǎng | to sound a bell; to raise the alarm |
| 推敲 | tuī qiāo | to think over |
| 敲定 | qiāo dìng | to come to a decision; to fix on (a date etc) |
| 敲击 (敲擊) | qiāo jī | to pound; to rap |
| 敲诈勒索 (敲詐勒索) | qiāo zhà lè suǒ | extortion and blackmail (idiom) |
| 敲开 (敲開) | qiāo kāi | to get sth open by tapping or striking it; (figuratively, when followed by sth like ∼的大门 (xx de dà mén)) to open the door to ~ |
| 敲钟 (敲鐘) | qiāo zhōng | to sound a bell; (of a clock) to chime |
| 旁敲侧击 (旁敲側擊) | páng qiāo cè jī | to make insinuations; to take an indirect approach (in making inquiries) (idiom) |
| 敲门砖 (敲門磚) | qiāo mén zhuān | lit. a brick as a door knocker (idiom); fig. a temporary expedient; to use sb as a stepping stone to fortune |
English words written with 敲
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