扣(kòu)

HSK 66 strokes

to fasten

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Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
kòu
Meaning
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
Strokes
6
HSK level
HSK 6
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 扣 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Phonetic-semantic compound⿰扌口

In this compound, the meaning comes from 扌 (hand); 口 supplies the sound.

One part carries the meaning, the other suggests the sound.

Made of

扌shǒu口kǒu

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write 扣 step by step

6 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 扣

Common words using 扣 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

huí回kòu扣
HSK 7-9

brokerage

Open 回扣 page →
kòu扣yā押
HSK 7-9

to detain

Open 扣押 page →
kòu扣liú留
HSK 7-9

to detain sb; to hold sb against their will

Open 扣留 page →
kòu扣chú除
HSK 7-9

to deduct

Open 扣除 page →
zhé折kòu扣
HSK 7-9

discount

Open 折扣 page →
niǔ纽kòu扣
HSK 7-9

button

Open 纽扣 page →
kòu扣rén人xīn心xián弦
HSK 7-9

to excite

Open 扣人心弦 page →
dài代kòu扣

to withhold tax (from employee's salary)

Open 代扣 page →

Related characters

More HSK 6 characters

丧串乌乳予井亡仓

From 扣’s common words

回押留除折纽人心

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