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Kanji Detail for 鼓 - "drum, to beat, to rouse"

鼓

  • Meaning

    鼓 means "drum, to beat, to rouse."

    1. Drum - A percussion instrument.

    2. To beat - To strike; to sound.

    3. To rouse - To stir up; to inspire.

  • Words using 鼓

    • 太鼓 たいこ Listen drum

  • Four-character idioms with 鼓

    • 鼓腹撃壌 こふくげきじょう Listen (people) sing the praises (enjoy the blessings) of peace
    • 鼓舞激励 こぶげきれい Listen encouragement

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    • Verified meaning: drum, to beat, to rouse
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read つずみ, つつみ, つづみ, ひびき)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 鼓

    Given names 鼓(つづみ)Listen 鼓(ひびき)Listen

    Surnames 鼓(つずみ)Listen 鼓(つつみ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    drum; beat; rouse; muster

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    drum; beat, top, strike; Kangxi radical 207

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    old variant of 鼓[gu3]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    drum; to beat, to strike; to rouse

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

    A leather-sounding musical instrument. | To beat a drum.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ko(コ) コ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    tsudumi(つでゅみ) つでゅみ

  • Strokes

    tip

    13 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    鼓 (tsuzumi)

  • Related Keywords

    drum to beat to rouse inspire strike percussion rhythm cadence tempo beat tap pound thump instrument sound music stir groove performance

Sentences including 鼓

  • I hear the drum.

Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces

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