叩
kòu

knock

叩 kòu
variant 敂
to knock
To knock or strike; commonly used in terms for knocking on a door.
to kowtow
To kowtow or touch one's head to the ground as a sign of respect; often a shortened form of 叩头 kòu​tóu or 叩首 kòu​shǒu
叩 kòu
to ask
(literary) To ask or inquire; specifically to seek information from someone of higher status.
to hold
(archaic) To hold, pull, or restrain; used in the same sense as 扣 kòu.
surname Kou
a Chinese surname

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Frequency
Character
Written text
2,898th most common 11.2 per million
Movie subtitles
4,033rd most common 0.560 per million appears in 0% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
0.510 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
6.62 per million

Details
Strokes
5
Unicode
U+53E9

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)