Drum in Chinese (Mandarin): 鼓 (gǔ)

Use it in a sentence

The characters in 鼓

• 鼓

  Drum. 壴, a drum on a stand, is on the left; 支, a hand holding a stick, is on the right.

  13 strokes

Third tone. Playing a drum is 打鼓 (dǎ gǔ). Clapping your hands is 鼓掌 (gǔzhǎng).

More examples with 鼓

• 我喜欢打鼓。

  我喜歡打鼓。

  Wǒ xǐhuan dǎ gǔ.

  I like to play the drum.

• 鼓的声音很大。

  鼓的聲音很大。

  Gǔ de shēngyīn hěn dà.

  The drum is loud.

How to write 鼓 in Chinese

Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.