# 叩 U+53E9 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53E9

A Chinese character meaning “knock, ask; kowtow, bow”, read kòu in Mandarin.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `叩` |
| Codepoint | U+53E9 |
| Name | CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53E9 |
| Block | [CJK Unified Ideographs](https://unicodekit.com/block/cjk-unified-ideographs) |
| Script | Han |
| Category | Other Letter (Lo) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `叩` `叩` |
| CSS | `\53E9` |
| JavaScript | `\u53E9` |
| UTF-8 | E5 8F A9 |
| UTF-16 | 53E9 |
| Definition | knock, ask; kowtow, bow |
| Mandarin | kòu |
| Cantonese | kau3 |
| Japanese | KOU TATAKU TATAKI |
| Korean | KO |

## Related characters

- 叨 [U+53E8 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53E8](https://unicodekit.com/char/53E8)
- 只 [U+53EA CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53EA](https://unicodekit.com/char/53EA)
- 叧 [U+53E7 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53E7](https://unicodekit.com/char/53E7)
- 叫 [U+53EB CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53EB](https://unicodekit.com/char/53EB)
- 另 [U+53E6 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53E6](https://unicodekit.com/char/53E6)
- 召 [U+53EC CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53EC](https://unicodekit.com/char/53EC)
- 句 [U+53E5 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53E5](https://unicodekit.com/char/53E5)
- 叭 [U+53ED CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53ED](https://unicodekit.com/char/53ED)
- 古 [U+53E4 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53E4](https://unicodekit.com/char/53E4)
- 叮 [U+53EE CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53EE](https://unicodekit.com/char/53EE)
- 口 [U+53E3 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53E3](https://unicodekit.com/char/53E3)
- 可 [U+53EF CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53EF](https://unicodekit.com/char/53EF)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/53E9 · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/53E9