Question

鼓 つづみ 太鼓(たいこ): drum S 吉: good luck; joy; congratulations豆: beans; pea; midget支: branch; support; sustain; branch radical (no. 65) 鼓 13 (none) drum I really hate the primitive meaning of "table" for "bean." I just use "bean." Anyways, for the DRUM primitive, imagine a SAMURAI who beats on a DRUM with two chopsticks, and a BEAN skewered on each end of the chopstick to produce a better sound. And the obvious story is: "DRUMing on a DRUM with a huge BRANCH".

Accepted Answer

コ drum, beat, rouse, muster 1 1795 13 207 つづみ 会意 Compound Ideographic Japanese festivals have drums so big, a samurai has to SIT (not stand) on a table to beat one with a tree branch! http://www.d2.dion.ne.jp/~hidafyh/furukawayh/gyouji/image/maturi03.jpg.

Kanji	鼓
Onyomi	コ
Kunyomi	つづみ
English	drum, beat, rouse, muster
Examples	太鼓(たいこ): drum
JLPT Level	1
Jouyou Grade	S
Frequency	1795
Components	吉: good luck; joy; congratulations 豆: beans; pea; midget 支: branch; support; sustain; branch radical (no. 65)
Number of Strokes	13
Kanji Radical	鼓
Radical Number	207
Radical Strokes	13
Radical Reading	つづみ
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword	drum
Koohii Story 1	Japanese festivals have drums so big, a samurai has to SIT (not stand) on a table to beat one with a tree branch! http://www.d2.dion.ne.jp/~hidafyh/furukawayh/gyouji/image/maturi03.jpg.
Koohii Story 2	I really hate the primitive meaning of "table" for "bean." I just use "bean." Anyways, for the DRUM primitive, imagine a SAMURAI who beats on a DRUM with two chopsticks, and a BEAN skewered on each end of the chopstick to produce a better sound. And the obvious story is: "DRUMing on a DRUM with a huge BRANCH".

Drum 鼓 つづみ Samurai I Bean コ Beat

Drum 鼓つづみ Samurai I Bean コ Beat