扣

kòu

“To fasten” in Chinese is 扣 (kòu).

Other characters with the syllable kou: see all 3 →

Meaning

to fasten
to button
button

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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

Example

警方扣留了一辆汽车。

From 扣留 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Stroke Order

6 strokes

Words containing 扣

回扣huíkòubrokerageHSK 7-9 扣除kòuchúto deductHSK 7-9 扣留kòuliúto detain sb; to hold sb against their willHSK 7-9 扣押kòuyāto detainHSK 7-9 纽扣niǔkòubuttonHSK 7-9 折扣zhékòudiscountHSK 7-9 扣人心弦kòurénxīnxiánto exciteHSK 7-9

More HSK 6 characters

挨áiin order; in sequenceHSK 6 傲àoproudHSK 6 罢bàto stopHSK 6 榜bǎngnotice or announcementHSK 6 傍bàngnearHSK 6 胞bāoplacentaHSK 6 暴bàosuddenHSK 6 爆bàoto explode; to burstHSK 6 奔bènto hurryHSK 6 逼bīto compelHSK 6

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