打

dá, dǎ

to hit; to strike; to beat; to play (a game); to make (a phone call); to fetch; to buy; to do; to fight; since; from; (dá) dozen (loanword)

Radical: 扌 HSK 1 v pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

打 decomposes into the following components:

扌 丁

Semantic component: 扌; phonetic component: 丁.

Words containing 打

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 打.

一打
yī dá
dozen
严打
yán dǎ
to crack down on
主打
zhǔ dǎ
冲打
chōng dǎ
attack
击打
jī dǎ
beat
半打
bàn dá
half a dozen
单打
dān dǎ
singles (in sports)
厮打
sī dǎ
to fight together
双打
shuāng dǎ
doubles (in sports)
吉打
jí dǎ
Kedah, state of northwest Malaysia, capital Alor Star 亞羅士打|亚罗士打[Ya4 luo2 shi4 da3]
吊打
diào dǎ
to hang sb up and beat him
安打
ān dǎ

Related characters (radical 扌)

Characters that share the radical 扌.

㧜 扌 才 扎 扑 扒 扔 払 托 扛 扢 扣 扦 执 扩 扪 扫 扬 扭 扮 扯 扰 扳 扶

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