Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 口 represents the sound. Simplified form of 釦.
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Historical Evolution
扣
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
扣
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
扣
Regular
Modern
Chinese
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
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CHINESE WORDS (91)
折扣 [zhékòu] #10,691
discount
扣除 [kòuchú] #16,453
to deduct
扣押 [kòuyā] #9,668
to detain
纽扣 [niǔkòu] #8,666
button
纽扣 [niǔkòu] #8,666
button
扣留 [kòuliú] #10,656
to detain
扣子 [kòuzi] #9,982
button
回扣 [huíkòu] #21,035
brokerage
不折不扣 [bùzhébùkòu] #15,496
a hundred percent
扣篮 [kòulán] #18,186
slam dunk
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