叩 — kanji meaning “strike”
叩
strike, beat, kow tow, hit, thrash, criticize
- Meanings
- strike, beat, kow tow, hit, thrash, criticize
- On'yomi
- コウ (kou)
- Kun'yomi
- たた.く、はた.く、すぎ
- Strokes
- 5
- Newspaper frequency
- #2316 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 30
- Chinese reading
- kòu — Chinese character page
Words with 叩
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 叩き | たたき tataki | finely chopped fish or meat (sometimes seared first); mince |
| 叩き | はたき hataki | (feather) duster |
| 叩く | たたく tataku | to strike; to hit; to beat |
| 叩く | はたく hataku | to dust; to remove dust |
| 叩き込む | たたきこむ tatakikomu | to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands) |
| 袋叩き | ふくろだたき fukurodataki | beating someone up by ganging up on them |
| 叩き上げ | たたきあげ tatakiage | working one's way up |
| 叩き込み | はたきこみ hatakikomi | hatakikomi; slapdown |
| 買い叩く | かいたたく kaitataku | to beat down prices; to strike a hard bargain |
| 叩頭 | こうとう koutou | kowtow (bow made from a kneeling position wherein the forehead touches the ground) |
| 引っ叩く | ひっぱたく hippataku | to slap; to strike; to spank |
| 手を叩く | てをたたく teotataku | to clap |
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