gǔ

鼓

drum; to beat, to strike; to rouse

HSK 3.0 · 5
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Words with 鼓

鼓励 gǔ lì to encourage HSK 5
鼓掌 gǔ zhǎng to applaud; to clap HSK 5
鼓舞 gǔ wǔ heartening (news); to boost (morale) HSK 7–9
鼓动 gǔ dòng to urge (an activity that may be beneficial, harmful or neutral); to encourage; to agitate; to instigate; to incite; to beat; to flap (wings, a fan etc) HSK 7–9
一鼓作气 yī gǔ zuò qì in a spurt of energy HSK 7–9
敲边鼓 qiāo biān gǔ to back sb up; to support sb in an argument HSK 7–9

Character facts

Radical
鼓
Parts
壴 + 支
Structure
Left–right
Traditional
皷
Unicode
U+9F13

Pictophonetic: drum