鼓
drum; beat; rouse; muster
13 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1795.
Readings
- コ (on reading): 太鼓 (たいこ) drum; 鼓動 (こどう) beat
- つづみ (kun reading): 鼓 (つづみ) tsuzumi; 小鼓 (こつづみ) small hand drum
Components
- 壴
- 支
- 十 radical ten
- 又 radical again; right hand
- 丷 radical horns, inverted eight
- 口 radical mouth
- 士 radical scholar; samurai
- 支 radical branch
- 豆 radical bean
- 鼓 radical drum
Kanji containing 鼓
Words using 鼓
- 太鼓 (たいこ) drum
- 鼓動 (こどう) beat
- 太鼓の達人 (たいこのたつじん) Taiko Master (series of rhythm games created by Namco)
- 鼓膜 (こまく) eardrum
- 鼓舞 (こぶ) encouragement
- 鼓 (つづみ) tsuzumi
- 小鼓 (こつづみ) small hand drum
- 大鼓 (おおつづみ) large hand drum
- 舌鼓 (したつづみ) smacking one's lips (over food)
- 腹鼓 (はらつづみ) drumming on one's belly
- 豆鼓醤 (トウチジャン) black bean sauce
- 初鼓 (はつづつみ) traditional toy rattle drum from Kagoshima
85 words in all.