鼓 (gǔ)
Drum; to encourage.
How 鼓 is written
- Strokes
- 13
- Traditional
- 鼓
- Simplified
- 鼓 (unchanged)
Common words using 鼓
- 鼓勵 gǔlì
- to encourage
- 鼓掌 gǔzhǎng
- to applaud; to clap
- 鼓浪嶼 gǔlàngyǔ
- Gulangyu, scenic island off Xiamen 廈門|厦门[Xia4 men2]
- 鼓起 gǔqǐ
- to drum up; to call up; to muster
- 打鼓 dǎgǔ
- to beat a drum; to play a drum; (fig.) to feel nervous
- 搗鼓 dǎogu
- to fiddle with sth; to trade with sth
- 鑼鼓 luógǔ
- gongs and drums; Chinese percussion instruments
- 鼓動 gǔdòng
- to agitate; to arouse; to instigate
- 鼓吹 gǔchuī
- to agitate for; to enthusiastically promote
- 鼓手 gǔshǒu
- drummer
- 鼓樓 gǔlóu
- a drum tower; Drum Tower, historic attraction in Xian, Beijing etc
- 鼓樓區 gǔlóuqū
- Drumtower city district (various); Gulou district of Nanjing City 南京市[Nan2 jing1 shi4], Jiangsu; Gulou or Drumtower district of Fuzhou city 福州市[Fu2 zhou1 shi4], Fujian
鼓 in a sentence
老師鼓勵我們要用功讀書。
Lǎoshī gǔlì wǒmen yào yònggōng dúshū.
“The teacher encouraged us to study hard.”
How common is 鼓?
鼓 is the 1,121st most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 90.9% of all running text.
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