to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground); also written 磕頭|磕头[ke1 tou2]
trad. 叩頭
Also written 叩頭【kòu tóu】
Characters in this word
2叩
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
to knock, to kowtow
- Pinyin
- kòu
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 41125 of 2500
头
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
head, hair style, the top, end, beginning or end, a stub, remnant, chief, boss, side, aspect, first, leading, classifier for pigs or livestock, CL:個|个[ge4]
- Pinyin
- tóu
- Traditional
- 頭
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 773 of 2500