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kòu
HSK 6freq #2421

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kòu
  1. 1.button
kòu
  1. 1.to fasten
  2. 2.to button
  3. 3.button
  4. 4.buckle
  5. 5.knot
  6. 6.to arrest
  7. 7.to confiscate
  8. 8.to deduct (money)
  9. 9.discount
  10. 10.to knock
  11. 11.to smash, spike or dunk (a ball)
  12. 12.to cover (with a bowl etc)
  13. 13.(fig.) to tag a label on sb
  14. 14.(Tw) (loanword) code

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.to hold; to restrain; to grab (a horse)
  2. 2.to detain; to arrest
  3. 3.to button; to fasten a button; to buckle; to clasp
  4. 4.button (knob or small disc serving as a fastener)
  5. 5.knot
  6. 6.to subtract; to deduct (money, points, etc.)
  7. 7.to accord with; to tally with; to conform to
  8. 8.Classifier for discount.
  9. 9.a surname, Kou

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *kʰoːʔ, *kʰoːs): semantic 手 + phonetic 口 (OC *kʰoːʔ).

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