扣

kòu = k + ou4

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

扣 = 口 + 扌 : Karl Marx (k) manufactures a new button (扣) out of a mandarin (口) in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4). He does so by grapping the mandarin tightly in one hand, and carving out the button out of the peel by rotating a toy claw (扌) around the mandarin with his other hand.

kòu = k + ou4

button

扣 = 口 + 扌 : Karl Marx (k) manufactures a new button (扣) out of a mandarin (口) in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4). He does so by grapping the mandarin tightly in one hand, and carving out the button out of the peel by rotating a toy claw (扌) around the mandarin with his other hand.

扣 character breakdown

扣
- 口
- 扌
  - 亅
  - 二
    - 一

kǒu = k + ou3

mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls

Mnemonic symbol: 口 shall be represented by a mandarin. Karl Marx (k-) is enjoying a mandarin in the outhouse's living room (ou3).

shǒu = sh + ou3

"hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc

扌 = 二 + 亅 : Mnemonic symbol: a toy claw.

Characters with 扣 as component

kòu = k + ou4

(a measure of width of cloth)

Words with 扣

to detain / to hold in custody / to distrain / to seize property

to detain / to arrest / to hold / to confiscate

to deduct

slam dunk

to excite / to thrill / exciting / thrilling / cliff-hanging

to smash a ball / to spike

to smash a ball / to spike

steamed pork

variant of 叩關|叩关[kou4 guan1]

to stick to the topic

to withhold / to garnish (wages etc)

Sentences with 扣

扣 currently does not appear in any sentence.