Word Meaning 叩頭

こうとう koutou

叩頭 is read as こうとう (koutou) and means kowtow (bow made from a kneeling position wherein the forehead touches the ground).

Meaning

English

kowtow (bow made from a kneeling position wherein the forehead touches the ground)

Reading

Kana

こうとう

Romaji

koutou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 21 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

叩き

はたき

(feather) duster

叩き

たたき

finely chopped fish or meat (sometimes seared first)

叩く

たたく

to beat down the price

年頭

ねんとう

beginning of the year

先頭

せんとう

head (of a line, group, etc.)

街頭

がいとう

(on the) street

筆頭

ひっとう

brush tip

念頭

ねんとう

(on one's) mind

冒頭

ぼうとう

beginning

頭

あたま

hair (on one's head)

没頭

ぼっとう

immersing oneself in

目頭

まがしら

inner canthus

Example Sentences

彼は社長の前で叩頭するように頭を下げた。

かれはしゃちょうのまえでこうとうするようにあたまをさげた。

He bowed very deeply before the president, as if in prostration.