Chinese symbol for “drummer”
鼓手
gǔ shǒu
drummer
The closest CC-CEDICT match for drummer is 鼓手 (gǔ shǒu), defined as: drummer.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 鼓手.
| 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 |
| 打鼓 | dǎ gǔ | to beat a drum; to play a drum |
| 手机 (手機) | shǒu jī | cell phone; mobile phone; measure word: 部 (bù), 台 (tái) |
| 手段 | shǒu duàn | method; way; means (of doing sth); skill; ability |
See also: Japanese symbol for “drummer”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.