dǎ, dá
strike
Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 丁 represents the sound.
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 打
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
to beat | ||
to make a telephone call | ||
to plan | ||
to open | ||
to hit |
Component uses
Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)
Statistics
HSK level 1
Appears in 99.3593% of movies
100th most common character in movies
223rd most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 5 |
Unicode | U+6253 |
Shuowen | 《說文新附》:“打,擊也。从手,丁聲。” |
Sources
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