敲	883A15   60S.82-2	部居	畫數  14	ㄑㄧㄠ [qiao1] .
N	(AC) a truncheon: 敲朴以鞭笞天下 (fig.) lash the people with a truncheon.
V	(1)  To knock, tap (at door), beat (drum, gong): 敲更 to sound night watch with a clapper; 敲木魚 to beat the wooden fish (about 6-10 ft. long) serving like bells at Budd. temples; 敲鑼鼓 beat drums and gongs (as at theatricals); 敲鑼邊兒，敲邊鼓 to egg s.o. on by lending him moral support, to instigate crowds for political support; 敲門磚 any means to find favor with influential persons, (lit.) "stone for knocking at gate"--open sesame to success, esp. at civil examinations; 敲棋（）子，敲枰 to tap a chessman noisily on the table; 敲金戛石 make metallic sounds, (of sonorous composition that) rings in the ears. (2)  (Fig.) to tap to find out, to prod into: 推敲 make careful choice of words, conjecture, deduce (meaning of words, statements); 旁敲側擊 make oblique references to, to make innuendos, take shots at, instead of making frontal attack. (3)  To swindle, blackmail: 敲詐 [qiao1zha4]↓; 敲他一筆 obtain money by foul means, blackmail or swindle; 敲竹槓 to sponge on person, to obtain money, free meal, gift, etc.; 你不能這樣敲法 you want (some money, free meal, help) but shouldn't do it this way; 敲人 to swindle a person; 敲鏝兒 (MC), see 敲竹槓↑.
Words	1.敲打 [qiao1da0], v.i. & t., (1)  to beat up, strike; (2)  to beat drums and gongs during festivities; (3)  (AC) to provoke by words.  2.敲點 [qiao1dian3], v.t., as in (MC) 用言語敲點他 prod him with words.  3.敲詐 [qiao1zha4], v.i. & t., to blackmail.  4.敲（兒）撩（兒） [qiao1]([er0])[liao1]([er0]), adv., as in 敲（兒）撩（兒）罵人, criticise person by all sorts of innuendos, to needle person, to prod.  5.敲詩 [qiao1shi1], n., a poetic riddle, as a literary game.