to hit / to strike / to tap / to rap / to knock / to rip sb off / to overcharge
敲
=
攴
+
高
:
Someone built a skyscraper (高) in front of the aorta (ao1) without the Queen of Hearts' (qi) consent. First the Queen angrily knocks at the door using the door knocker (攴), but as no one answers she hits (敲) the door with a battering ram.
边
=
力
+
辶
:
Brunhilde fell down on the sidewalk in front of the anthill. One of her gladiator sandals got stuck in a electricity line at the side of the inn.
drum / CL:通[tong4],面[mian4] / to drum / to strike / to rouse / to bulge / to swell
鼓
=
壴
+
支
:
Gitta Giraffe (gu) is beating her drums in the space station (Ø3). She is beating an archaic drum (壴) and a modern snare drum (鼓) using a twig (支).