kowtow

act of prostration in Imperial Chinese protocol
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kowtow

Summary

kowtow is a kneeling[1]. kowtow draws 579 Wikipedia views per month (kneeling category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • kowtow's instance of is recorded as kneeling[3].
  • kowtow's instance of is recorded as prostration[4].
  • kowtow's instance of is recorded as bowing[5].
  • kowtow's instance of is recorded as ritual[6].
  • kowtow's part of is recorded as grand kowtow[7].
  • kowtow's Commons category is recorded as Kowtow[8].
  • kowtow's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04flp[9].
  • kowtow's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 1050561[10].
  • kowtow's described by source is recorded as Nordisk familjebok[11].
  • kowtow's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12].
  • kowtow's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/kowtow[13].
  • kowtow's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 64380156[14].
  • kowtow's Antique Chinese and Japanese Porcelain Dictionary and Glossary of Terms entry is recorded as kowtow[15].

Why It Matters

kowtow draws 579 Wikipedia views per month (kneeling category, ranking #1 of 1).[2] kowtow has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] kowtow is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). kowtow. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/kowtow
MLA “kowtow.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/kowtow.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_kowtow_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{kowtow}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/kowtow}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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