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Pronunciation

Mandarin	dǎ, da
Cantonese (Jyutping)	daa1, daa2
反切 Fanqie	都挺切
Japanese Kun	utsu, dausu, uchi
Japanese On	da, tei
Korean (Hangul)	타
Korean (Yale)	tha, ceng
Vietnamese	đả

Meaning

Definition

strike, hit, beat; fight; attack

Character Rank

Traditional	155
Simplified	240
常用字表	223
Hong Kong Grade Level	1
HSK v.3 Level	1
HSK v.3 Writing Level	1

Common Words With This Character  

打电话	dǎ diànhuà	to make a telephone call
打算	dǎsuàn	to plan; to intend; to calculate; plan; intention; calculation
打开	dǎkāi	to open; to show (a ticket); to turn on; to switch on
打工	dǎgōng	to work a temporary or casual job; (of students) to have a job outside of class time, or during vacation
打折	dǎzhé	to give a discount
打架	dǎjià	to fight; to scuffle; to come to blows

Related Characters

Kangxi Radical	手 (#64:hand)
Shuowen Radical	手
Same Structure & Phonetic Component	(Sign-in required)

Computer Encoding

Unicode	U+6253
Big 5	A5B4
GB2312	B4F2

Input Method Codes

Cangjie	qmn
Four Corner	5102.0
WuBi 86	rsh
WuBi 98	rsh