The word "敲响" is a standard Chinese verb-object compound, formed by combining the verb "敲" (qiāo), meaning "to knock" or "to strike," with its resultant object "响" (xiǎng), meaning "a sound" or "to make a sound." Structurally, the first character denotes the action, and the second character denotes the outcome or target of that action, creating the complete meaning "to strike and produce a sound," or more idiomatically, "to sound" or "to ring" (like a bell or a gong). This formation follows a common pattern in Chinese where two semantically related characters are joined to express a single, specific concept that is more precise than either character alone.