kòu
to deduct (money)
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他扣动了扳机。
tā kòudòngle bāngjī.
He pulled the trigger.
她扣留了我的护照。
tā kòuliúle wǒ de hùzhào.
She withheld my passport.
我扣除了他的工资。
wǒ kòuchúle tā de gōngzī.
I deducted his salary.
扣留 (kòuliú)
detain
扣除 (kòuchú)
deduct
开 (kāi)
open
松 (sōng)
loose
The Chinese character 扣 (kòu) is composed of two parts: the radical 扌(shǒu), which indicates that the character is related to hand, and the phonetic component 叩 (kòu), which indicates the pronunciation. The original meaning of 扣 is "to knock on a door", which is extended to mean "to扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣扣
