敲 — kanji meaning “strike”
敲
strike, beat, hit
- Meanings
- strike, beat, hit
- On'yomi
- コウ (kou)
- Kun'yomi
- たた.く
- Name readings
- のぼる
- Strokes
- 14
- Classical radical
- 66
- Chinese reading
- qiāo — Chinese character page
Words with 敲
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 推敲 | すいこう suikou | polishing (a piece of writing); improvement; revision |
| 月下推敲 | げっかすいこう gekkasuikou | polish; elaboration; repeatedly working over one's writing |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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