毆 (au1 au2 | ou1) : beat up

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毆

au1 au2

ou1

beat up; hit; bash; fight; come to blows

Jyutping au1 is standard reading; au2 is variant.

Stroke count: 15

Level: 2

Radical: 殳 (#79)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

毆 / 殴

This word has been viewed 2728 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 11th May 2011 04:44

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圍毆 wai4 au1 wei2 ou1 = swarm around and beat up

毆打 au2 daa2 ou1 da3 = beat up

狂毆 kong4 au2 = clobber

互毆 wu6 au2 hu4 ou1 = melee, fistfight, fisticuffs, come to blows

毆鬥 au2 dau3 ou1 dou4 = have a fistfight

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Decimal representation of this word: 毆
Unicode code for this character: U+6bc6 (off-site link)

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