叩: strike

strike; hit; knock

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Readings

コウ

Kun

たたく・はたく・すぎ

Usually たたく (hit, knock); はたく means to slap or dust off. Also 'to criticize harshly' (叩かれる).

叩くたたくto hit; to knock

叩き台たたきだいdraft for discussion

叩き上げたたきあげself-made; worked one's way up

肩叩きかたたたきshoulder tapping; nudge to retire

叩頭こうとうkowtow

ドアを三回さんかい叩たたいてから、そっと部屋へやに入はいった。

I knocked on the door three times and then entered the room quietly.

まず叩き台たたきだいを作つくって、みんなで意見いけんを出し合だしあおう。

Let's make a rough draft first and then everyone can offer opinions.

彼かれは叩き上たたきあげの職人しょくにんで、二十にじゅう年ねんかけて自分じぶんの店みせを持もった。

He is a self-made craftsman who took twenty years to open his own shop.