殴 – vocab dash

Keyword

to beat

to hit
to fight with fists

Frequency: #2441
Strokes: 8

Readings

ōu

Mnemonic

殳 (weapon) gives the meaning and 区 the sound.

Stroke order

Composed of

区area 殳weapon

Used in vocabulary

to beat up; to come to blows; battery (law)

to beat up; to hit sb

to brawl; to scuffle

to gang up and beat

痛殴tòng'ōu

to beat sb up

to fight each other; to come to blows

to have a fist fight; fist fight; brawl