敲qiāo
to knock, strike. 14 strokes, radical 攴, first met in HSK 5.
Pinyin qiāoStrokes 14Radical 攴Band HSK 5Words 2
How to write 敲
Strokes 1–10 write 高, then strokes 11–14 write 攴.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 敲 · the stroke-order rules
What 敲 is made of
高 (gāo, tall) and 攴 (pū, to rap).
攴 carries the meaning — strike — and 高 carries the sound.
Words that use 敲
| 敲 | to knock, strike 指用手或器物轻轻叩打 他轻声敲响书斋木门。He softly knocked on the study's wooden door. Lesson 470, 琴韵书香 · 勤敏笃学与惠泽人间 · Industrious Culture & Altruistic Humanity |
| 敲门 | to knock on the door 指用手轻叩房门以示求见 他生怕惊扰旁人般敲门。Careful not to startle anyone, he knocked at the door. Lesson 470, 琴韵书香 · 勤敏笃学与惠泽人间 · Industrious Culture & Altruistic Humanity |
Characters that share the sound part 高
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.