鼓 gǔ
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 鼓 — drum
- Made of
- 壴 drum 支 to support, to sustain
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
鼓掌
gǔzhǎng
to clap
Characters in this word
掌 zhǎng
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 手 — hand
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 大家鼓掌。 Dàjiā gǔzhǎng. Everyone claps.
- 请鼓掌吧。 Qǐng gǔzhǎng ba. Please clap.
- 他在鼓掌。 Tā zài gǔzhǎng. He is clapping.