扣

kòu

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

Radical: 扌 HSK 6 v, g pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

扣 decomposes into the following components:

扌 口

Semantic component: 扌; phonetic component: 口.

Words containing 扣

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 扣.

代扣
dài kòu
to withhold tax (from employee's salary)
克扣
kè kòu
to dock
刷扣
shuā kòu
卡扣
qiǎ kòu
卸扣
xiè kòu
吊扣
diào kòu
to suspend (a licence etc)
哈扣
hā kòu
回扣
huí kòu
brokerage
带扣
dài kòu
buckle
扣上
kòu shàng
to buckle up
扣住
kòu zhù
to detain
扣关
kòu guān
variant of 叩關|叩关[kou4 guan1]

Related characters (radical 扌)

Characters that share the radical 扌.

㧜 扌 才 扎 扑 扒 打 扔 払 托 扛 扢 扦 执 扩 扪 扫 扬 扭 扮 扯 扰 扳 扶

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