扣
kòu HSK6

knock

扣 kòu frequency
fasten verb
to fasten, button, or buckle; a button or knot

他正忙着扣衬衫的扣子。

tā zhèng máng zhe kòu chèn​shān de kòu​zi.

He is busy buttoning his shirt.

cover verb
to cover with an inverted object or to knock

他把杯子扣在桌子上。

tā bǎ bēi​zi kòu zài zhuō​zi shàng.

He placed the cup upside down on the table.

deduct verb
to deduct money or provide a discount

他迟到了，所以被扣了五十块钱。

tā chí​dào le, suǒ​yǐ bèi kòu le wǔ​shí kuài qián.

He was late, so fifty yuan was deducted from his pay.

label verb
to figuratively tag or label someone, often negatively

不应该随便给别人扣帽子。

bù yīng​gāi suí​biàn gěi bié​ren kòu mào​zi.

One shouldn't arbitrarily pin labels on others.

seize verb
to arrest, detain, or confiscate

海关依法扣了他的证件。

hǎi​guān yī​fǎ kòu le tā de zhèng​jiàn.

Customs confiscated his documents according to the law.

code noun
a loanword for computer code, primarily used in Taiwan

因为上班经常迟到，他这个月的绩效奖金被扣了很多。

yīn​wèi shàng​bān jīng​cháng chí​dào, tā zhè gè yuè de jì​xiào jiǎng​jīn bèi kòu le hěn​duō.

A large portion of his performance bonus was deducted this month because he was often late for work.

smash verb
to smash, spike, or dunk a ball in sports

他高高跃起，将球狠狠扣入筐内。

tā gāo gāo yuè​qǐ, jiāng qiú hěn​hěn kòu rù kuāng nèi.

He leaped high and slammed the ball into the basket.

扣 (釦) kòu
button noun

这颗扣看起来非常别致。

zhè kē kòu kàn​qǐ​lai fēi​cháng bié​zhì.

This button looks very unique.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,625th most common 59.5 per million
Movie subtitles
1,524th most common 40.8 per million appears in 19% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
29.4 per million appears in 12% of films
Written text
52.4 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 6
Strokes
6
Unicode
U+6263

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