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叩く

たたく

to tap, to hit

Mnemonic

Knuckles on the door twice, then twice again when nobody comes. Ta-ta たた, ku く: the same two beats every time, and they are in the word itself: たたく.

Built from

knock, strike
口 a mouth beside 卩 a kneeling figure. Knocking at a door and calling out through it at the same time.

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