How to write 打 (dǎ, “to hit”)
打, an HSK 1 character, is read dǎ for “to hit” and “to fight”, and also dá (“dozen”). As a left-right character it splits into 扌 (“hand”, the radical), strokes 1–3; 丁 (“male adult”), strokes 4–5, written the left part first. On its own it is an HSK 2 word; it also forms 打电话 (“to make a telephone call”), 打开 (“to open”) and 打车 (“to take a taxi”). Japanese reads it da, “strike”, as a JLPT N3 kanji.
- Pinyin
- dǎ, dá
- Strokes
- 5
- HSK
- 1
- Radical
- 扌 (“hand”)
Stroke by stroke
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- Horizontal ㇐leftrightwards
- Vertical hook ㇚top leftdownwards
- Rising stroke ㇀bottom leftup and right
- Horizontal ㇐centerrightwards
- Vertical hook ㇚rightdownwards → leftwards
Japanese and Chinese
Japanese and Chinese draw all 5 strokes in the same order and direction, by our stroke-by-stroke comparison.
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Pinyin and meaning
| Pinyin | Meanings | Traditional | In words |
|---|---|---|---|
| dǎ third tone | to hit; to strike; to fight; (in many expressions) a semantically light transitive verb used with various objects to form expressions with a wide range of meanings, e.g. 打伞 (dǎsǎn) "to hold an umbrella", 打电话 (dǎdiànhuà) "to make a phone call", 打针 (dǎzhēn) "to get an injection"; (coll.) from; since | — | 打电话 打开 打车 打扫 |
| dá second tone | (loanword) dozen | — | — |
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- Words with it
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Words with 打
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 打 | dǎ | to hit; to strike HSK 2 |
| 打电话 打電話 | dǎdiànhuà | to make a telephone call HSK 1 |
| 打开 打開 | dǎkāi | to open; to show (a ticket) HSK 2 |
| 打车 打車 | dǎchē | to take a taxi; to hitch a lift HSK 2 |
| 打扫 打掃 | dǎsǎo | to clean; to sweep HSK 3 |
| 打算 | dǎsuàn | to plan; to intend HSK 3 |
| 打工 | dǎgōng | to work a temporary or casual job; to have a job outside of class… HSK 4 |
| 打印 | dǎyìn | to affix a seal; to stamp HSK 4 |
| 打扰 打擾 | dǎrǎo | to disturb; to bother HSK 4 |
| 打折 | dǎzhé | to give a discount HSK 4 |
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