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English translations
to hit, to fight, dozen, to knit, to gather, to play, to bang on, to attack, to beat, to reap
Chinese character and stroke order animation"How do I write 打 ( dă ) correctly?"
The strokes that all Chinese characters are composed of are to be written in a certain order which has originally been defined by Chinese calligraphy. Writing all characters according to the same rules assures that their intended shape and style are generally preserved even if written by different writers. This dictionary shows you the correct stroke order as an animation for all characters so you can learn and understand how to write the character correctly. :
The traditional Chinese characters of dă are identical with the modern (simplified) characters displayed above.
Character complexity
打 is composed of 5 strokes and therefore is of very low complexity compared to the other simplified Chinese characters (average: 13.1 strokes).
Tags and additional information (Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)
hand | to open
打 ( da / dă ) belongs to the 500 most common Chinese characters (rank 154)
Chinese example words containing the character 打 ( da / dă )
打保龄球 ( dă băolíngqiú = to play bowling ),打棒球 ( dă bàngqiú = to play baseball ),打冰球 ( dă bīngqiú = to play hockey ),打电话 ( dă diànhuà = to call somebody (on the phone) ),打篮球 ( dă lánqiú = to play basketball ),打网球 ( dă wăngqiú = to play tennis ),打扮 ( dăbàn = to dress up ),打错了 ( dăcuòle = to have dialed the wrong number ),打动 ( dădòng = to touch ),打火机 ( dăhuŏjī = lighter ),打开 ( dăkāi = to open ),打孔机 ( dăkŏngjī = punch ),打破 ( dăpò = to break ),打拳 ( dăquán = to practice boxing ),打扰 ( dărăo = to disturb ),打扫 ( dăsăo = to clean up ),打算 ( dăsuàn = to plan ),打印 ( dăyìn = to print ),打印机 ( dăyìnjī = printer ),打仗 ( dăzhàng = to fight ),打针 ( dăzhēn = to have an injection )打折 ( dăzhé = to give a discount )