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鼓

JLPT N1 13 strokes Frequency: #1795

Meanings

Drum, Beat, Rouse, Muster

Radicals

鼓

Decomposition

⿰壴支

Etymology

Pictophonetic: drum

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 13

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-to-top

2 vertical right-to-left

3 horizontal bottom-to-top

4 vertical bottom-to-top

5 corner bottom-to-top

6 horizontal bottom-to-top

7 dot bottom-to-top

8 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

9 rising left-to-right

10 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

11 vertical right-to-left

12 corner top-to-bottom

13 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

コ ko

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

つづみ tsuzumi

Words Using This Kanji

72 words total

Other (20 words)

鼓手こしゅ

drummer

hand drum

鼓吹こすい

rousing (courage, morale, etc.)

鼓吹者こすいしゃ

advocate

encouragement

鼓室こしつ

tympanic cavity

鼓腸こちょう

flatulence

鼓舞激励こぶげきれい

encouragement

鼓手長こしゅちょう

drum major

鼓笛隊こてきたい

drum and fife band

鼓膜こまく

eardrum

鼓笛こてき

drum and fife

鼓腹こふく

happiness

鼓動こどう

beat

陣太鼓じんだいこ

war drum

舌鼓を打つしたつづみをうつ

to smack one's lips (over a dish)

太鼓たいこ

drum

太鼓判たいこばん

large seal

大鼓おおつづみ

large hand drum

軍鼓ぐんこ

war drum

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