Kanji Detail for 扣 - "hold back, knock, deduct"

扣

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
扣 means "hold back, knock, deduct."
1. Hold back - To restrain; to detain.
2. Knock - To strike; to tap.
3. Deduct - To subtract.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

knock; strike; rap; tap; button

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

knock, strike, rap, tap; button

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

to fasten; to button; button; buckle; knot; to arrest; to confiscate; to deduct (money); discount; to knock; to smash, spike or dunk (a ball); to cover (with a bowl etc); (fig.) to tag a label on sb; (Tw) (loanword) code

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

to detain; to knock, to tap; button

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

Holding a horse's bridle. Holding it back from advancing. Such as when King Wu attacked Zhou, Boyi and Shuqi held the horse and remonstrated. | Colloquially, not giving the full amount is 扣. Such as 折扣, 剋扣. | All things that can be hooked together are 扣. Such as 帶扣, 鈕扣. | Interchangeable with 敂 and 叩. To strike. Such as knocking on a door being 扣門.
Onyomi

koh(こう)
Kunyomi

hika.eru(ひかえる)

tata.ku(たたく)

u.tsu(うつ)
Strokes

7 strokes
Radical

手扌 (te・tehen)
Related Keywords
hold restrain detain knock strike tap deduct subtract