殴

ōu

“To beat up” in Chinese is 殴 (ōu).

Other characters with the syllable ou: see all 4 →

Meaning

to beat up
to hit sb
surname Ou

Example

他被殴打得快死。

He was beaten to within an inch of his life.

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

Stroke Order

8 strokes

Words containing 殴

殴打ōudǎto beat upHSK 7-9

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