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挝 (wō): To beat — Stroke Order & Writing Guide

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挝鼓 • wōgǔ • to beat a drum

wō挝

gǔ鼓

to beat a drum

老挝 • Lǎowō • Laos (country)

Lǎo老

wō挝

Laos (country)

5.

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Tā他

zài在

jié节

rì日

lǐ里

wō挝

gǔ鼓

qìng庆

zhù祝

。

He beat the drum to celebrate during the festival.

tā他

yòng用

gùn棍

zi子

wō挝

gǔ鼓

。

He uses a stick to beat the drum.

gǔ古

dài代

wǔ武

shì士

yòng用

chuí锤

wō挝

dí敌

Lǎo老

wō挝

shì是

Dōng东

nán南

yà亚

de的

yī一

gè

zhè这

ge个

dòng动

zuò作

shì是

wō挝

dǎ打

duì对

fāng

Information

Pinyinwō

Meaningto beat; to strike

Strokes9

Radical扌

Traditional撾

StructureLeft-Right

Frequency#3710

Zhuyinㄨㄛ

UnicodeU+631D

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。

Ancient warriors used hammers to strike enemies.

个

guó国

jiā家

。

Laos is a country in Southeast Asia.

方

de的

jiān肩

bǎng膀

。

This move is to strike the opponent's shoulder.

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Characters pronounced "wo".

喔wōdescriptive of crying or of crowing
斡wòrevolve, rotate, turn
龌wònarrow, small; dirty
莴wōlettuce
蜗wōa snail, Eulota callizoma
幄wòtent, canopy

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Characters with radical "扌".

拚pīnrisk, disregard; go all out for
捺nàto press down heavily with the fingers
掸dǎnto dust; a duster
掇duōcollect, gather up, pick up
挞tàflog, whip; chastise
搽chásmear; rub, wipe; anoint

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