zhuàng
knock against
Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 童 represents the sound.
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
zhuàng
knock against, bump into, collide; to knock against; to bump into; to run into; to meet by accident
Most common words with 撞
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
to bump into | ||
to collide | ||
to strike | ||
collision | ||
to crash (into another car) |
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