鼓 (gǔ): meaning and stroke order
鼓 (gǔ) means drum, CL:通,面, to drum, to strike, to rouse, to bulge, to swell, old variant of 鼓.
鼓
- Simplified
- 鼓
- Traditional
- 鼓, 皷
- Pinyin
- gǔ
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Stroke order of 鼓
鼓
- gǔ old variant of 鼓[gu3]
- gǔ drum; CL:通[tong4],面[mian4]
- 13 strokes
- Traditional form: 皷
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Meaning of 鼓
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gǔ
- drum
- CL:通[tong4],面[mian4]
- to drum
- to strike
- to rouse
- to bulge
- to swell
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gǔ
Traditional 皷
- old variant of 鼓[gu3]
Radical and structure
- 鼓
- Radical 鼓 (Kangxi radical 207) · 13 strokes · 壴 on the left, 支 on the right
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 鼓
- 鼓声 gǔ shēng sound of a drum; drumbeat
- 鼓起 gǔ qǐ to summon one's (courage, faith etc); to puff up (one's cheeks etc)
- 鼓掌 gǔ zhǎng to applaud; to clap
- 鼓励 gǔ lì to encourage
鼓 in our stories
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房东有点儿不好意思：“楼上的小伙子每天晚上打鼓，声音很大。”
fángdōng yǒudiǎnr bù hǎoyìsi lóushàng de xiǎohuǒzi měitiān wǎnshang dǎ gǔ shēngyīn hěn dà
The landlord looks a little embarrassed: "The young man upstairs plays the drums every evening. It's very loud."
From the story The cheap room HSK 3
Stories using 鼓
- The cheap room HSK 3
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).