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扣

to fasten; to button; button; buckle; knot; to arrest; to confiscate; to deduct (money); discount; to knock; to smash, spike or dunk (a ball); to cover (with a bowl etc); (fig.) to tag a label on sb; (Tw) (loanword) code

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How 扣 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

扌 (semantic, “hand”) + 口 (phonetic, kǒu)

components: 扌 口

How to remember it

button · Heisig RSH #1828

fingers + 口 mouth

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 口

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 口 (kǒu) — compare how they read:

CharacterPinyinMeaning
口 sound component kǒu mouth; entrance, gate, opening
可 kě may, can, -able; possibly
否 fǒu no, not, un-; final particle
叩 kòu to ask; to bow, to kowtow; to knock

Words containing 扣

WordPinyinMeaning
扣眼儿 kòu yǎn r erhua variant of 釦眼|扣眼[kou4 yan3]
不折不扣 bù zhé bù kòu a hundred percent; to the letter; out-and-out
子母扣 zǐ mǔ kòu snap fastener
环环相扣 huán huán xiāng kòu closely linked with one another; interlocked; to interrelate
皮带扣 pí dài kòu belt buckle
扣带回 kòu dài huí cingulum (anatomy)
吃回扣 chī huí kòu to receive a kickback; to draw a commission
扣子 kòu zi button
扣式电池 kòu shì diàn chí button cell; watch battery
扣动 kòu dòng to pull (a trigger)
扣上 kòu shàng to buckle up; to fasten
克扣 kè kòu to wrongfully withhold part of what is due (to sb); to shortchange; to skim (pay, rations,…
扣分 kòu fēn to deduct marks (when grading school work); to have marks deducted; penalty points; to los…
扣发 kòu fā to deprive; to withhold; to hold sth back (and prevent it being known)
认死扣儿 rèn sǐ kòu r stubborn
门扣 mén kòu door latch
扣眼 kòu yǎn buttonhole
登山扣 dēng shān kòu carabiner
扣人心弦 kòu rén xīn xián to excite; to thrill; exciting; thrilling; cliff-hanging
打折扣 dǎ zhé kòu to give a discount; to be of less value than anticipated