to hit; to strike; to beat

HSK 1 #223

Character data

HSK 1
Frequency 223rd character
Radical ⼿ (64.2)
Strokes 5
Index # 196

Definitions

打 dǎ
  1. 1. to hit
  2. 2. to strike
  3. 3. to beat
  4. 4. to fight
  5. 5. to play (a game)
  6. 6. to type
  7. 7. to make
  8. 8. to shoot
  9. 9. to issue
  10. 10. to calculate
  11. 11. to fetch
  12. 12. to tie up
  13. 13. to build
  14. 14. to break
  15. 15. to mix up
  16. 16. from
  17. 17. since
打 dá
  1. 1. dozen (loanword)

Stroke order

打 stroke order diagram
打 stroke order animation

Words containing 打

Word Meaning
to interrupt; to break off; to break (a bone)
to revolve
erhua variant of dǎ xuán
erhua variant of dǎ xuán
earlier; as soon as possible; long ago
to prune (branches)
to gather firewood; to chop firewood
to draw a rectangular grid (e.g. of farmland); to checker
to hit with a big stick; to bludgeon
(dialect) to joke
to fire a gun
to drive piles into
pile driver (machinery)
to interfere; to butt in; to make things difficult
to interfere; to butt in; to make things difficult
TW to change gears
TW to change gears
TW manual transmission motorcycle (usually denotes a traditional-style motorcycle, as opposed to a scooter)
manual shift motorcycle
to beat to death; to kill
to kill
to kill
fig. to encourage; to inflate; to pump up
bicycle pump