to beat the breast

to break off
To break, snap off, or pull apart with the hands
to beat the breast
(literary) To beat or pound one's chest as an expression of extreme grief

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Frequency

Character
Written text
8,302nd most common 0.010 per million
Movie subtitles
5,675th most common 0.020 per million appears in 0% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
0.030 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
0.014 per million

Details

Strokes
16
Unicode
U+64D7

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