叩
kòu

knock

叩 kòu frequency
knock verb
to knock on a door or surface

他轻轻地叩了三下门。

tā qīng​qīng de kòu le sān xià mén.

He knocked gently on the door three times.

kowtow verb
to kowtow or bow low as a sign of respect or worship

臣子向皇帝叩首。

chén​zǐ xiàng huáng​dì kòu​shǒu.

The courtier kowtowed to the emperor.

叩 (敂) kòu
knock verb
to knock

医生在他背上轻轻叩了几下，进行检查。

yī​shēng zài tā bèi shàng qīng​qīng kòu le jǐ xià, jìn​xíng jiǎn​chá.

The doctor tapped gently on his back for the examination.

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
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)