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敲

敲

Translingual

Han character

敲 (radical 66 攴+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 卜月卜水 (YBYE), four-corner 01247, composition ⿰高攴)

  1. strike, beat, pound, hammer
  2. to rap

References

  • KangXi: page 474, character 31
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13337
  • Dae Jaweon: page 828, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1471, character 11
  • Unihan data for U+6572

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 敲

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 敲
Large seal script Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (高) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
高 *kaːw
膏 *kaːw, *kaːws
篙 *kaːw
稿 *kaːwʔ
稾 *kaːwʔ, *kʰaːws
槁 *kaːwʔ, *kʰaːwʔ
縞 *kaːwʔ, *kaːws
暠 *kaːwʔ
槀 *kaːwʔ
藁 *kaːwʔ
燺 *kʰaːwʔ
薧 *kʰaːwʔ, *kʰaːws, *qʰaːw
犒 *kʰaːws
蒿 *qʰaːw
藃 *qʰaːws, *qʰraːw, *qʰraw
豪 *ɡaːw
毫 *ɡaːw
壕 *ɡaːw
濠 *ɡaːw
鎬 *ɡaːwʔ
滈 *ɡaːwʔ, *qʰraːwɢ
鄗 *ɡaːwʔ, *kʰraːw, *qʰaːwɢ
鰝 *ɡaːwʔ, *qʰaːwɢ
薃 *ɡaːwʔ
搞 *kruːʔ
敲 *kʰraːw, *kʰraːws
髇 *qʰraːw
嗃 *qʰraːw, *qʰraːws, *qʰaːwɢ
巐 *kʰl'awʔ
歊 *qʰraw, *qʰoːwɢ
謞 *qʰaːwɢ, *qʰraːwɢ
熇 *qʰaːwɢ, *qʰoːwɢ, *qʰoːɡ
碻 *kʰraːwɢ
塙 *kʰraːwɢ
毃 *kʰraːwɢ
翯 *qʰraːwɢ, *ɡraːwɢ, *ɡoːwɢ
瀥 *qʰraːwɢ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kʰraːw, *kʰraːws) : phonetic 高 ‎(OC *kaːw) + semantic 攴.

Pronunciation

Note: This character is used as a substitute for Min Nan khà, which may be etymologically unrelated.

  • Dialectal data▼
Variety Location 敲
Mandarin Beijing /t͡ɕʰiɑu⁵⁵/
Harbin /t͡ɕʰiau⁴⁴/
Tianjin /t͡ɕʰiɑu²¹/
Jinan /t͡ɕʰiɔ²¹³/
Qingdao /t͡ɕʰiɔ²¹³/
Zhengzhou /t͡ɕʰiau²⁴/
Xi'an /t͡ɕʰiau²¹/
Xining /t͡ɕʰiɔ⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /kʰɔ⁴⁴/
/t͡ɕʰiɔ⁴⁴/
Lanzhou /t͡ɕʰiɔ³¹/
Ürümqi /t͡ɕʰiɔ⁴⁴/
Wuhan /t͡ɕʰiau⁵⁵/ 推～
/kʰau⁵⁵/ ～門
Chengdu /kʰau⁵⁵/
/t͡ɕʰiau⁵⁵/
Guiyang /kʰao⁵⁵/
Kunming /kʰɔ⁴⁴/
Nanjing /kʰɔo³¹/
/t͡ɕʰiɔo³¹/
Hefei /t͡ɕʰiɔ²¹/
/kʰɔ²¹/
Jin Taiyuan /t͡ɕʰiau¹¹/
Pingyao /t͡ɕʰiɔ¹³/
Hohhot /t͡ɕʰiɔ³¹/
Wu Shanghai /kʰɔ⁵³/
Suzhou /t͡ɕʰiæ⁵⁵/
/kʰæ⁵⁵/
Hangzhou /t͡ɕʰiɔ³³/
Wenzhou /kʰuɔ³³/
Hui Shexian /t͡ɕʰiɔ³¹/
/kʰɔ³¹/
Tunxi /kʰo¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /t͡ɕʰiau³³/
/kʰau³³/
Xiangtan /kʰaɯ³³/
Gan Nanchang /kʰɑu⁴²/
Hakka Meixian /kʰiau⁴⁴/
Taoyuan
Cantonese Guangzhou /hau⁵³/
Nanning /hau⁵⁵/
Hong Kong /hau⁵⁵/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /kʰau⁵⁵/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /kʰieu⁴⁴/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /kʰau³³/
Shantou (Min Nan) /kʰiau³³/
Haikou (Min Nan) /xau²³/
Rime
Character 敲 敲
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 溪 (29) 溪 (29)
Final (韻) 肴 (90) 肴 (90)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) II II
Fanqie 口交切 苦敎切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kʰˠau/ /kʰˠauH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kʰᵚau/ /kʰᵚauH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kʰau/ /kʰauH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kʰaɨw/ /kʰaɨwH/
Li
Rong		 /kʰau/ /kʰauH/
Wang
Li		 /kʰau/ /kʰauH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /kʰau/ /kʰauH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 qiāo qiào
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 敲 敲
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 3757 3759
Phonetic
component		 高 高
Rime
group		 宵 宵
Rime
subdivision		 1 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 敲 敲
Old
Chinese		 /*kʰraːw/ /*kʰraːws/

Definitions

敲

  1. to hit, to strike, to tap, to rap, to knock
  2. to rip off, to overcharge
  3. to blackmail

Compounds

  • (Min Nan) 敲電話／敲电话
  • (Min Nan) 敲油
  • (Min Nan) 敲門／敲门 (qiāomén)
  • (Min Nan) 敲鐘／敲钟

References

  • 敲 in CEDICT on MDBG

Japanese

Kanji

敲

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Verb

  1. to knock

Readings

Korean

Hanja

敲 • ‎(go, gyo) (hangeul 고, 교, revised go, gyo, McCune-Reischauer ko, kyo, Yale ko, kyo)

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Vietnamese

Han character

敲 (xao, xào, sao)

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