drum

Evolution

皷 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
皷 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Definitions

 

drum; excite, arouse

() 

old variant of [gǔ]

Most common words with 皷
Freq.
Word
Meaning

鼓励

to encourage

鼓掌

to applaud

drum

鼓舞

heartening (news)

蒙在鼓里

lit. kept inside a drum (idiom)