I knocked on the door three times, but there was no answer.
叩
strike, beat, kow tow, hit, thrash, criticize
Kanji
Grade
Secondary School
Strokes
5 strokes
Radical
口部
On'yomi (Chinese Reading)
コウ
Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)
たたく, はたく, すぎ
Example sentences
He tapped me on the shoulder.
He slammed his smartphone onto the floor in anger.
I drilled the basics of the art into my head.
The audience clapped their hands at the wonderful performance.
He crushed his rival's ambitions with overwhelming ability.
He knocked the opponent's sword down.
The champion thoroughly crushed the challenger.
Example Vocabulary
叩く
to strike; to clap; to knock; to beat
叩きつける
to slam; to throw down hard; to strike hard
叩き込む
to drive into; to hammer in; to drill into
手を叩く
to clap one's hands
叩き潰す
to smash; to crush; to defeat thoroughly
叩き落とす
to knock down; to strike down; to oust from a position
叩き付ける
叩きのめす
to beat up; to knock down; to crush
軽口を叩く
叩き出す
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