strike

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
扌 meaning component

  Meaning component

shoushǒu

  

hand

is a component form of .

丁 sound component

  Sound component

dīng

  

cubes

Evolution

打 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
打 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

strike, hit, beat; fight; attack; to beat; to strike; to hit; to break; to type; to mix up; to build; to fight; to fetch; to make; to tie up; to issue; to shoot; to calculate; to play (a game); since; from

 

dozen (loanword)

Most common words with 打
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to beat

打电话

to make a telephone call

打算

to plan

打开

to open

打击

to hit

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)