kòu
Traditional: 敂
叩 (kòu) is a Chinese word meaning “old variant of 叩[kou4]; to knock”.
Meanings
- 1old variant of 叩[kou4]
- 2to knock
Related words
叩to knock叩首to kowtow叩头to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground)叩门to knock on a door三跪九叩to kneel three times and kowtow nine times (formal etiquette on meeting the emperor)叩关to knock at the gate (old)叩应call-in (loanword)叩拜to bow in salute; to kowtow叩球spike (volleyball)叩见to kowtow in salute叩谒to visit (esp. one's superiors)叩问(literary) to inquire