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Characters, words, pinyin or English

敲 qiāo knock

knock; blackmail

How to remember 敲: 高 high + 攴 tap = knock. The delivery man climbs up to the high tenth floor, starts to tap softly on the door, then has to knock hard.

  • 1,732. most frequent character
  • HSK 4
  • 14 strokes
  • Radical 攴

Component breakdown

敲 = 高 high + 攴 tap

  • 高 high
  • 攴 tap
The Gushi story

The delivery man climbs up to the high tenth floor, starts to tap softly on the door, then has to knock hard.

How it is used

  • To knock/strike - 敲门 (qiāo mén) knock on a door, 敲鼓 (qiāo gǔ) beat a drum.
  • 推敲 (tuīqiāo) = to weigh/deliberate over wording, from a famous poet's story of choosing between "push" and "knock."
  • 敲诈 (qiāozhà) = to extort/blackmail; colloquial 敲竹杠 (qiāo zhúgàng) = to rip someone off.

Words with 敲

Example sentences

  • 他在敲打键盘。 Tā zài qiāodǎ jiànpán.He's typing on the keyboard.