鼓
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drum; CL:通[tong4],面[mian4]; to drum; to strike; to rouse; to bulge; to swell
13 strokes
Dict coverage rank #754 U+9F13
How 鼓 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
壴 (semantic, “drum”) + 支 (phonetic, zhī)
How to remember it
drum · Heisig RSH #1134
branch + drum
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 支
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 支 (zhī) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 支 sound component | zhī | to support, to sustain; to withdraw, to pay; a branch (of a bank) |
| 技 | jì | ability, talent; skill, technique |
| 翅 | chì | wings; fins |
| 枝 | zhī | branches, limbs; to branch off |
| 肢 | zhī | limbs |
| 歧 | qí | to diverge, to fork; a branch; a side road |
| 跂 | qí | to creep, to crawl |
| 吱 | zhī | to chirp; to hiss; to squeak |
| 岐 | qí | to diverge, to branch; the name of a mountain |
| 豉 | chǐ | fermented beans |
| 忮 | zhì | stubborn; perverse; aggressive |
| 庋 | guǐ | cupboard, pantry |
| 芰 | jì | water caltrop |
Words containing 鼓
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 水力鼓风 | shuǐ lì gǔ fēng | hydraulic bellows; water-driven ventilation (for metal smelting furnace) |
| 一鼓作气 | yī gǔ zuò qì | in a spurt of energy |
| 鼓山区 | Gǔ shān qū | Gushan or Kushan district of Kaohsiung city 高雄市[Gao1 xiong2 shi4], south Taiwan |
| 石鼓区 | Shí gǔ Qū | Shigu, a district of Hengyang City 衡陽市|衡阳市[Heng2 yang2 Shi4], Hunan |
| 鼓风机 | gǔ fēng jī | bellows; ventilator; air blower |
| 鼓点子 | gǔ diǎn zi | drumbeat; drum rhythm; drumming pattern |
| 石鼓文 | shí gǔ wén | early form of Chinese characters inscribed in stone, a precursor of the small seal 小篆[xiao… |
| 定音鼓 | dìng yīn gǔ | timpani |
| 河鼓二 | Hé gǔ èr | Altair (star) |
| 落地鼓 | luò dì gǔ | floor tom (drum kit component) |
| 鼓打贝斯 | gǔ dǎ bèi sī | drum and bass (music genre) |
| 打边鼓 | dǎ biān gǔ | to echo what sb said; to back sb up from the sidelines (in an argument) |
| 击鼓传花 | jī gǔ chuán huā | beat the drum, pass the flower (game in which players sit in a circle passing a flower aro… |
| 大鼓 | dà gǔ | bass drum |
| 鼓山 | Gǔ shān | Gushan or Kushan district of Kaohsiung city 高雄市[Gao1 xiong2 shi4], south Taiwan |
| 小鼓 | xiǎo gǔ | snare drum |
| 鼓动 | gǔ dòng | to urge (an activity that may be beneficial, harmful or neutral); to encourage; to agitate… |
| 花鼓 | huā gǔ | flower drum, a type of double-skinned Chinese drum; folk dance popular in provinces around… |
| 鼓手 | gǔ shǒu | drummer |
| 鼓气 | gǔ qì | to puff up; to swell up; to inflate; to blow air into sth; (fig.) to encourage; to support |