Kanji1 / 13
鼓 kanji
drum, beat, rouse, muster
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N2 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 13
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
コ
Kun readings
つづみ
Variant forms
皷Words with 鼓
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —触太鼓drumming in the streets to announce a tournament; announcing an event by walking around in the streets beating a drum; drum used to announce an event by walking around in the streets
- —お太鼓very common way of tying a woman's kimono sash
- —太鼓打taiko drumming; taiko drummer; Laccotrephes japonensis (species of water scorpion)
- —太鼓焼imagawayaki; thick pancake containing bean jam, served hot
- —押太鼓war drum
- —旗鼓堂堂with colors flying and band playing; triumphantly; in splendid array
- —締め太鼓small high-pitched Japanese drum or taiko with its head pulled taut by ropes
- —太鼓うちtaiko drumming; taiko drummer; Laccotrephes japonensis (species of water scorpion)
- —組み太鼓ensemble taiko drumming
- —火焰太鼓dadaiko drum (decorated with flames)
- —火炎太鼓dadaiko drum (decorated with flames)
- —釣り太鼓tsuri-daiko; large hanging drum used for bugaku and gagaku performances
- —吊り太鼓tsuri-daiko; large hanging drum used for bugaku and gagaku performances
- —掛り太鼓war drum
- —やぐら太鼓drums which announce the opening of a stage performance or commencement of bouts; the sound produced by such drums
- —お太鼓結びvery common way of tying a woman's kimono sash
- —掛かり太鼓war drum