Kanken 1
扣

Meaning

Kanji 扣

button

button, knock, rap, strike, tap

Stroke Order
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Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
たた.くひか.える
Onyomi 音読み
コウ
Nanori 名乗り
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Jōyō
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JLPT
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Frequency
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Strokes
6
Radical
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Components
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Kanji Kentei
Level 1
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Related vocabulary

3 common entries

Showing 3 of 3 entries that include this kanji.

控える

ひかえる

to be in a close relationship (e.g. as a backer, etc.)

控除

こうじょ

subtraction

控え

ひかえ

waiting one's turn

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

ドアを三回扣いてください。

Please knock on the door three times.

彼は机を指で軽く扣いた。

He lightly tapped the desk with his finger.

窓を扣く音で目が覚めた。

I woke up to the sound of knocking on the window.

係員が入口で客を扣えた。

The attendant held the visitor back at the entrance.

父は飛び出そうとした子どもを手で扣えた。

My father stopped the child with his hand as the child tried to run out.