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毆
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殴
🇨🇳

hit

HSK 10
Human →Actions →Social
Oū, ōu
オウ、ク
なぐ.る、たた.く
구
Phonosemantic compound. 殳 represents the meaning and 區 represents the sound.
Components
殳 weapon or tool+ 區 region =
毆 hit
殳 Meaning component
shū weapon or tool
name of old weapon
區 Phonetic component
region
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Notes
Similar Characters
役 service段 stage殷 ardent殸 stone chimes殹 echo殺 kill (trad/jp)殿 ceremonial hall毄 to hit against毇 to pound rice發 send out (trad)磬 musical芟 weed墼 投 throw觳 an ancient measure殴 fight (simp)毅 resolute般 sort設 establish (trad/jp)设 establish (simp)
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
毆
Regular
Modern
Chinese
殴 / 毆 [Oū]
surname Ou
殴 / 毆 [ōu]
to beat up; to hit sb
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (5)
殴打 [ōu​dǎ] #6,791
to beat up
斗殴 [dòu​'ōu] #11,500
to fight
殴斗 [ōu​dòu] #39,605
to have a fist fight
围殴 [wéi​'ōu]
to gang up and beat
殴打罪 [ōu​dǎ​zuì]
assault and battery (law)
KOREAN WORDS (1)
구타 #28,535
beating; battery