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
bicycle pump
to draw water; to splash water
(coll.) to squander one's money on a bad investment
humorous poem; limerick
to punch a hole; to drill a hole; to dig a hole
to goof off; to hang around; to muddle things up
(fig.) to live or eat at no fixed place
to roll about
lighter; cigarette lighter
(phone) to ring off the hook; to max out (credit card etc)
to have a large and sumptuous meal (traditionally on the 1st and 15th of each month)
Takow, Takao or Takau, old name for Kaohsiung gāo xióng in the southwest of Taiwan
fig. to humiliate sb indirectly by bullying a subordinate
fig. before punishing sb, one should consider how that would affect others associated with him
fig. before punishing sb, one should consider how that would affect others associated with him
to go hunting
to manage; to take care of; to sort out
a smaller variety of watermelon, with big, edible seeds
to pass (the time); to make sb leave
to pass the time
to pass the time
to write an IOU or promissory note
to write an IOU or promissory note
erhua variant of dǎ dǔn
erhua variant of dǎ dǔn