鼓 – drum, beat, rouse

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The kanji 鼓 means drum, beat, rouse, muster. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is コ (ko); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is つづみ (tsuzumi). It is written with 13 strokes, under radical 鼓 (no. 207).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	コ	ko
Kun’yomi	つづみ	tsuzumi

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 鼓 (Kangxi radical 207). Components: 口・士・支・豆・并・又・十.

Words using 鼓

太鼓たいこdrum

Example sentences

鉦や太鼓で探しあてた割には、あいつ期待はずれだったよな。

He turned out to be a real disappointment after we went through hell and high water to find him.

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