Chinese symbol for “fasten”
扣
kòu
to fasten; to button; button; buckle
The closest CC-CEDICT match for fasten is 扣 (kòu), defined as: to fasten; to button; button; buckle; knot; to arrest.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “fasten”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 绑住 (綁住) | bǎng zhù | to fasten; to bind |
| 系 (繫) | jì | to tie; to fasten |
| 固定 | gù dìng | to fix; to fasten |
| 揽 (攬) | lǎn | to monopolize; to seize; to take into one's arms; to embrace |
| 扣上 | kòu shàng | to buckle up; to fasten |
Related words
Other words that share a character 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “fasten”.
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.