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
typist
to give a discount; to be of less value than anticipated
to beat time
to wax (a car, floor etc)
listless; dispirited; washed out
to skid; to slip; to slide
to strike while the iron is hot
target shooting
to strike; wham!
(slang) to have sex; to set off firecrackers; to masturbate
to make fun of
to forge ironware
to fight; to spar; to duke it out
to fight for justice
baking soda; sodium bicarbonate
lit. to punch and kick (idiom); to beat up
to profit from sb's misfortune (idiom)
humorous poem; limerick
to have a snowball fight
to fish
doubles (in sports)
to thresh grain (on the floor)
to have an abortion
fig. steadily and surely
to dress up in disguise; to pretend to be sb