Meaning

Drum, Beat, Rouse, Muster

Readings

Radical

鼓 — drum (Kangxi radical #207)

Components

• 壴
• 支 — Branch

Example sentences

• 彼らは太鼓をずっとたたき続けた。They had been thumping the drum all along.
• 運動すると心臓の鼓動が速くなる。When you exercise your heart beats faster.
• 心臓が速く鼓動しているのを感じた。I felt my heart beating rapidly.

Appears in

Not used as a component of other kanji in this set.