敲

14 strokes
Kentei exam level 1

strike, beat, hit

Kun'yomi
  • たたく
    		to strike ②to attack ③to sound out (someone's views) ④to pound (meat or fish)
On'yomi
  • コウ
Nanori
  • のぼる

Main Radical

攴(KanXi) 高(Nelson)

Reading Commonality

コウ 87.5%
たたく 12.5%

Character Breakdown

strike, beat, hit
コウ　たた.く　のぼる (Kentei 1)
tall, high, expensive
コウ　たか.い　た (2nd, N5)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
desert, border prairie, the 1st form is radical 13
キョウ　ケイ　まきがまえ
upside-down box radical (no. 13)
キョウ　ケイ (Kentei 1)
strike, hit, folding chair radical (no. 66)
ホク (Kentei 1)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク　うらな.う　うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
また　ユウ　やす (8th, N1)

Common Words

すい
推
こう
敲
polishing (a piece of writing)
げっ
月
か
下
すい
推
こう
敲
polish
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References

Unicode hex code 6572
JIS X 0208 1-58-42
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 5249
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2354
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 13337
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3d11.11
Four corner code 0124.7