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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
kòu - to knock
- to kowtow
kòu - old variant of 叩[kou4]
- to knock

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 28,831 11,600 19,763

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Kneel

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 28,831 11,600 19,763
叩首 - - 58,744 62,896 58,401
叩头 - - 60,676 38,822 61,986
叩门 - - 69,992 71,715 69,153