Depicts a drumstick held in the hand (支) beating on a drum (壴).
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Historical Evolution
鼓
Bronze
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
鼓
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
鼓
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
鼓
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
鼓
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
鼓
Bronze
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
鼓
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
鼓
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
鼓
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
鼓
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
鼓
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
鼓
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
鼓
Regular
Modern
Chinese
鼓 [gǔ]
drum; CL:通[tòng],面[miàn]; to drum; to strike; to rouse; to bulge; to swell
Japanese
hand drum
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
鼓 つずみ
Tsuzumi surname
鼓 つつみ
Tsutsumi surname
鼓 つづみ
Tsuzumi female given namesurname
鼓 ひびき
Hibiki female given name
CHINESE WORDS (153)
鼓励 [gǔlì] #3,394
to encourage
鼓励 [gǔlì] #3,394
to encourage
鼓掌 [gǔzhǎng] #3,681
to applaud
鼓舞 [gǔwǔ] #7,186
heartening (news)
蒙在鼓里 [méngzàigǔlǐ] #8,900
lit. kept inside a drum (idiom)
蒙在鼓里 [méngzàigǔlǐ] #8,900
lit. kept inside a drum (idiom)
鼓手 [gǔshǒu] #10,359
drummer
鼓吹 [gǔchuī] #18,502
to agitate for
鼓动 [gǔdòng] #17,295
to agitate
鼓动 [gǔdòng] #17,295
to agitate
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JAPANESE WORDS (82)
⭐ 鼓動 [こどう] #4,109
beat
⭐ 鼓膜 [こまく] #10,256
eardrum
⭐ 太鼓 [たいこ] #12,441
drum
⭐ 鼓舞 [こぶ] #13,658
encouragement
舌鼓を打つ [したつづみをうつ] #26,435
to smack one's lips (over a dish)
太鼓判を押す [たいこばんをおす] #30,740
to give the stamp of approval
太鼓判 [たいこばん] #48,820
large seal
舌鼓 [したつづみ] #62,659
smacking one's lips (over food)
太鼓腹 [たいこばら] #67,573
potbelly
太鼓持ち [たいこもち] #71,116
professional jester
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KOREAN WORDS (3)