Memory phrase for the character: 敲

敲

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Meaning to sound a bell, to strike, hit, knock, overcharge

Pronunciation

qiāo

Explanation

Left: high 高 (image of a guard tower, but here: bell tower), right: to strike 攴 (= 攵 stick 卜 in a hand 又)

Mnemonic
 
For the bell in the tower use the stick in your hand to strike it.

Radicals

高 tall
攴 rap, strikeShows originally a hand 又 with a whip 卜. It is usually simplified to 攵. Other radicals with a hand are: 又寸廾爫手扌彐右及尹君聿隶兼殳
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 Vocabulary

牡捴敲猠汯潫異  
推敲 tuī qiāo  to think over
敲击 qiāo jī  to pound; to rap
敲打 qiāo dǎ  to beat sb; to beat (a drum)
敲打 qiāo dǎ  
敲打 qiāo dǎ  
敲打 qiāo dǎ  
敲打 qiāo dǎ  
敲打 qiāo dǎ  
敲打 qiāo dǎ  
敲打 qiāo dǎ  
敲打 qiāo dǎ  

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