敲

qiāo

strike, beat, pound, hammer; rap

How to write 敲, stroke by stroke

to hit; to strike; to tap; to rap; to knock; to rip sb off; to overcharge

Pictophonetic: semantic 攴 (strike), phonetic 高

Made of 高 + 攴

敲门qiāo ménto knock on a door
敲诈qiāo zhàto rip off; to extort (money); extortion; blackmail
敲打qiāo dǎto beat sb; to beat (a drum)
敲响qiāo xiǎngto sound a bell; to raise the alarm
敲定qiāo dìngto come to a decision; to fix on (a date etc); to determine; to finalize; to nail down (a deal etc)
敲击qiāo jīto pound; to rap
敲开qiāo kāito get sth open by tapping or striking it; (figuratively, when followed by sth like ∼的大门) to open the door to ~; to gain access to ~
敲钟qiāo zhōngto sound a bell; (of a clock) to chime
敲诈勒索qiāo zhà lè suǒextortion and blackmail (idiom)
推敲tuī qiāoto think over
敲中背qiāo zhōng bèito receive oral sex from a prostitute
敲入qiāo rùto key in; to input

进来之前请敲门。
jìn lái zhī qián qǐng qiāo mén 。
Please knock before you come in.
雨滴敲打窗户玻璃。
yǔ dī qiāo dǎ chuāng hù bō lí 。
The rain beats against the window pane.
等等，有人在敲我的门。
děng děng ， yǒu rén zài qiāo wǒ de mén 。
Hold on, someone is knocking at my door.
一个丑男人敲了我的门。
yí gè chǒu nán rén qiāo le wǒ de mén 。
An ugly man knocked on my door.
刚刚敲过了八点钟，不是吗？
gāng gāng qiāo guò le bā diǎn zhōng ， bú shì ma ？
It has just struck eight, hasn't it?