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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 叩首

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
叩首 kòu shǒu - to kowtow
- also written 磕頭|磕头[ke1 tou2]

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
- - 58,744 62,896 58,401

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
叩 kòu- to knock
- to kowtow
叩 kòu- old variant of 叩[kou4]
- to knock
首 shǒu- head
- chief
- first (occasion, thing etc)
- classifier for poems, songs etc

Other Words Containing 叩首

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
叩首 - - 58,744 62,896 58,401