打
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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. 打傘|打伞[da3 san3] "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话[da3 dian4 hua4] "to make a phone call", 打針|打针[da3 zhen1] "to get an injection"; (coll.) from; since
5 strokes
Dict coverage rank #76 U+6253
How 打 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
扌 (semantic, “hand”) + 丁 (phonetic, dīng)
How to remember it
strike · Heisig RSH #593
fingers + spike
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 丁
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 丁 (dīng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 丁 sound component | dīng | male adult; robust, vigorous; 4th heavenly stem |
| 宁 | níng | calm, peaceful; healthy; rather; to prefer |
| 灯 | dēng | lamp, lantern, light |
| 顶 | dǐng | top, summit, peak; to carry on the head |
| 厅 | tīng | hall, central room |
| 订 | dìng | to make an order; to draw up an agreement |
| 汀 | tīng | bank, sandbar; beach, shore |
| 叮 | dīng | to persistently exhort or urge; sting (as of an insect) |
| 盯 | dīng | to rivet one's gaze upon; to keep eyes on |
| 町 | tǐng | a raised path between fields |
| 仃 | dīng | lonely, solitary |
| 酊 | dīng | drunk, intoxicated |
| 疔 | dīng | boil, carbuncle, ulcer |
| 玎 | dīng | jingling, tinkling |
| 耵 | dīng | earwax |
Words containing 打
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一打 | yī dá | dozen |
| 打水 | dǎ shuǐ | to draw water; to splash water |
| 打中 | dǎ zhòng | to hit (a target) |
| 大打出手 | dà dǎ chū shǒu | to come to blows; to start a fight; (derived from the term for a type of theatrical fight … |
| 自打 | zì dǎ | (coll.) since |
| 打小 | dǎ xiǎo | (dialect) from childhood; from a young age |
| 打电动 | dǎ diàn dòng | (Tw) to play video games |
| 不打不成器 | bù dǎ bù chéng qì | spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom) |
| 打天下 | dǎ tiān xià | to seize power; to conquer the world; to establish and expand a business; to carve out a c… |
| 打工人 | dǎ gōng rén | worker |
| 打动 | dǎ dòng | to move (to pity); arousing (sympathy); touching |
| 打不通 | dǎ bu tōng | cannot get through (on phone) |
| 安打 | ān dǎ | base hit (baseball) |
| 打下手 | dǎ xià shǒu | to act in a supporting role; fig. to play second fiddle |
| 打手 | dǎ shou | hired thug |
| 打气 | dǎ qì | to inflate; to pump up; (fig.) to encourage; to boost morale |
| 打出手 | dǎ chū shǒu | to fling back weapons hurled at one by attackers (acrobatic performance in Chinese opera);… |
| 打分 | dǎ fēn | to grade; to give a mark |
| 西打 | xī dá | cider (loanword) |
| 打发 | dǎ fa | to dispatch sb to do sth; to make sb leave; to pass (the time); (old) to make arrangements… |