敲

敲 (Kangxi radical 66, 攴+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 卜月卜水 (YBYE), four-corner 0124₇, composition ⿰高攴)

• 𡁞

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 474, character 31
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13337
• Dae Jaweon: page 828, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1471, character 11
• Unihan data for U+6572

Historical forms of the character 敲
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʰraːw, *kʰraːws) : phonetic 高 (OC *kaːw) + semantic 攴 (“to hit lightly; to tap”).

敲

1. to hit; to strike; to tap; to rap; to knock

   他敲了門。／他敲了门。  ―  Tā qiāo le mén.  ―  He knocked on the door.

   剛剛敲過了八點鐘，不是嗎？ [MSC, trad.]
   刚刚敲过了八点钟，不是吗？ [MSC, simp.]

   Gānggāng qiāo guò le bādiǎnzhōng, bù shì ma? [Pinyin]

   It has just struck eight, hasn't it?

2. (colloquial) to rip off; to overcharge; to blackmail

   那家旅館敲觀光客的竹杠。 [MSC, trad.]
   那家旅馆敲观光客的竹杠。 [MSC, simp.]

   Nà jiā lǚguǎn qiāo guānguāngkè de zhúgàng. [Pinyin]

   That hotel rips off the tourists.

   他們敲了你多少錢？ [MSC, trad.]
   他们敲了你多少钱？ [MSC, simp.]

   Tāmen qiāo le nǐ duōshào qián? [Pinyin]

   How much did they screw you for?

3. (colloquial) to criticize; to warn
4. (Hokkien, Singapore Teochew) to call someone (by phone); to telephone

   我昨日敲予先生。 [Philippine Hokkien, trad. and simp.]

   Guá chǎ-li̍t khà hō͘ sian-siⁿ. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   I called the teacher yesterday (on the phone).

5. (Xiamen, Quanzhou and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to knock down; to remove; to demolish
6. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to alter (clothes)
7. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to compete (among businesses)

• (to hit):

• (to rip off):

From 休 (MC xjuw, “to rest; to stop”) (Kwok and Kataoka, 2006). Compare Guangzhou 嘵／哓 (hiu1), which has become obsolete.

敲

1. (Macau and Dongguan Cantonese) Used after a verb to indicate perfective aspect (action completion).

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A01736
• “敲”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. to knock, to strike, to hit

• Go-on: きょう (kyō)^{←けう (keu, historical)}
• Kan-on: こう (kō)^{←かう (kau, historical)}
• Kun: たたく (tataku, 敲く)
• Nanori: たかし (takashi); のぼる (noboru)

敲 (eumhun 두드릴 고 (dudeuril go))

1. Hanja form^? of 고 (“knock”).

敲 (eumhun 두드릴 교 (dudeuril gyo))

1. Hanja form^? of 교 (“knock”).

敲 (eumhun 두드릴 학 (dudeuril hak))

1. Hanja form^? of 학 (“knock”).

敲: Hán Nôm readings: xao, xào, sao

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