敲 Stroke Order

敲 [qiāo] 1. 打，击。 - Hit, strike. 2. 打，击：～打。～击。～诈。～边鼓（喻从旁帮人说话）。～门砖。～骨吸髓。旁～侧击。 - Strike, hit: knock; beat; blackmail; beat the side drum (metaphorically assisting someone with words); open with a knock; beat to the bone; side knock and side hit. 3. 同本义 ([En.] knock) - The same as the original meaning (knock). 4. 推敲 ([En.] weigh) - Weigh. 5. 敲诈 ([En.] blackmail) - Blackmail. 短杖式的刑具 (【英】：implement like short stick) - An implement like a short stick used for punishment. 引 1. 《说文》：敲，击头也。 - From "Shuowen": to knock, to strike the head. 2. 《左传·定公二年》：夺之杖以敲之。释文：“击声也。” - From "Zuozhuan": seizing the stick to strike it. Explanation: "the sound of striking." 3. 《吕氏春秋·当务》：下见共王五伯，将敲其头矣。 - From "Lüshi Chunqiu": when the King of Gong and the Five Dukes were seen, it was about to strike their heads. 4. 宋· 胡仔《苕溪渔隐丛话》：僧敲月下门。 - From Song Dynasty Hu Zai's "Stories of the Fisherman by the Tiao River": a monk knocks at the door under the moon. 5. 欲着敲字。 - Wanting to write the word “knock.” 6. 作推敲之势。 - To create the effect of weighing. 7. 作敲字佳矣。 - To make the word "knock" beautiful. 8. 清· 黄宗羲《原君》：敲剥天下。 - From Qing Dynasty Huang Zongxi’s "Yuan Jun": knock and strip away the world. 例 又如: 敲扑(拷打); 敲丝(银子。古时银锭上面都敲有圆纹，故称); 敲枰(下棋); 敲翻(打断) - For example: beat (torture); strike silver (silver ingots used to have round patterns on top, hence the name); knock over (in chess); knock down (break). 推敲 ([En.] weigh) - Weigh. 例 如: 敲一敲实(摸底;探虚实); 敲句(推敲语句); 敲吟(推敲吟诵诗句); 敲推(推敲); 敲磕(推敲，琢磨); 敲诗(推敲诗句) - For example: knock for reality (to probe for the truth); knock sentence (to polish the wording); knock verse (to refine poetic phrasing); knock and weigh; knock and ponder; knock poetry (to weigh poetic lines). 敲诈 ([En.] blackmail) - Blackmail. 例 如: 敲削(敲剥。敲诈剥削); 敲磕(敲诈); 敲磨(犹敲剥); 敲镘儿(敲诈钱财) - For example: blackmail (exploit); knock and ponder (blackmail); knock and grind (similar to blackmail); knock for money (to extort money). 短杖式的刑具 (【英】：implement like short stick) - An implement like a short stick used for punishment. 引 1. 汉· 贾谊《过秦论》：执敲扑而鞭笞天下。 - From Han Dynasty Jia Yi’s "On the Fall of Qin": holding the knock and whip to punish the world.