打

打 (radical 64, 手+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 手一弓 (QMN), four-corner 5102₀, composition ⿰扌丁)

• 咑, 𭯾, 𪭫, 𭠢, 𨴆, 𫩿

• KangXi: page 417, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11781
• Dae Jaweon: page 763, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1825, character 5
• Unihan data for U+6253

Historical forms of the character 打
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *rteŋʔ, *teːŋʔ) : semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 丁 (OC *rteːŋ, *teːŋ).

This word was pronounced *teŋ in Old Chinese, as would be expected from a 丁 (dīng) phonetic. By the early Ming period, the character had been borrowed for another word with the same meaning but a different pronunciation, without the nasal ending. This may be related to the previous reading, as a dialectal variant. In Mandarin and some other dialects, the new reading became standard; however, derivations of the older pronunciation are still used in some dialects (Wu, Min Nan), Japanese (chō, tei) and Vietnamese (đánh).

Also compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *dah ~ daʔ (“to hit, to meet”), whence Mon ဒး (tɛ̀h, “to hit (a mark), meet with, reach [goal], be correct, apposite, to fit”) and Khmer ទះ (tĕəh, “to slap, to strike”).

打

1. to hit; to strike; to slap

   別打人。 / 别打人。  ―  Bié dǎ rén.  ―  Don't hit people.

   打蚊子  ―  dǎ wénzǐ  ―  to swat mosquitoes

   1. to play the drums

      打鼓  ―  dǎ gǔ  ―  to play the drums

2. to beat up
3. the act of beating up

   他挨了一頓打。 / 他挨了一顿打。  ―  Tā ái le yī dùn dǎ.  ―  He was beaten up.

4. Used as a dummy verb to make a verbal phrase from a noun, including but not limited to:
   1. to perform (a martial art)

      打太極拳 / 打太极拳  ―  dǎ tàijíquán  ―  to perform Tai Chi

   2. to get; to fetch

      打水  ―  dǎ shuǐ  ―  to get water

   3. to buy (meat, soy sauce, oil, etc. at a grocery store)

      打醬油 / 打酱油  ―  dǎ jiàngyóu  ―  to buy soy sauce

   4. to guess; (the riddle) is about

      打一人物  ―  dǎ yī rénwù  ―  to guess a person

   5. to make (a gesture, signal, etc.)

      打招呼  ―  dǎ zhāohū  ―  to say hello

      打右燈 / 打右灯 [Cantonese]  ―  daa² jau⁶ dang¹ [Jyutping]  ―  to put on the right turn signal (when driving)

   6. to fabricate; to build

      打刀  ―  dǎ dāo  ―  to make a knife

      打牆 / 打墙  ―  dǎ qiáng  ―  to build a wall

      • 2000, 梁左 and 梁歡, 《閒人馬大姐》, Episode 7, 5:55

        這桌椅板凳都得從新打，太麻煩。 [Beijing Mandarin, trad.]
        这桌椅板凳都得从新打，太麻烦。 [Beijing Mandarin, simp.]

        Zhè zhuō‐yǐ‐bǎndèng dōu děi cóngxīn dǎ, tài máfan. [Pinyin]

        (please add an English translation of this example)

   7. to stir

      打算盤 / 打算盘  ―  dǎ suànpán  ―  to calculate with an abacus

      打方向盤 / 打方向盘  ―  dǎ fāngxiàngpán  ―  to turn a steering wheel

   8. to be damaged

      碗打了  ―  wǎn dǎ le  ―  the bowl was broken

      雞飛蛋打 / 鸡飞蛋打  ―  jīfēidàndǎ  ―  having lost everything

   9. to open

      打帳子 / 打帐子  ―  dǎ zhàngzǐ  ―  to open (or set up) the bed curtains

      打開 / 打开  ―  dǎkāi  ―  to open

   10. to dig

       打井  ―  dǎ jǐng  ―  to dig a well

   11. to send or call

       打電報 / 打电报  ―  dǎ diànbào  ―  to send a telegraph

       打電話 / 打电话  ―  dǎ diànhuà  ―  to call on the telephone

       打手機 / 打手机  ―  dǎ shǒujī  ―  to call on the cellphone

   12. to pump (a tire, etc.)

       打氣 / 打气  ―  dǎ qì  ―  to pump air into something

   13. (involving gunpowder) to fire off; to set off; to attack

       打槍 / 打枪  ―  dǎ qiāng  ―  to fire a gun (mainly used in China)

       打炮仗  ―  dǎ pàozhang  ―  to set off a firecracker

   14. to gather

       打成一片  ―  dǎchéngyīpiàn  ―  to get along well with everyone else

   15. to attach

       打蠟 / 打蜡  ―  dǎ là  ―  to wax

       打補丁 / 打补丁  ―  dǎ bǔdīng  ―  to patch up

   16. to lift

       打燈籠 / 打灯笼  ―  dǎ dēnglóng  ―  to carry a lighted lantern

   17. to bite (said of insects that eat books, clothes)
   18. to write

       打證明 / 打证明  ―  dǎ zhèngmíng  ―  to write out a testimonial

       打介紹信 / 打介绍信  ―  dǎ jièshàoxìn  ―  to write a recommendation letter

   19. to paint; to stamp

       打格子  ―  dǎ gézǐ  ―  to draw a grid

       打郵戳 / 打邮戳  ―  dǎ yóuchuō  ―  to postmark

   20. (computing) to type

       “o的”字點打？ / “o的”字点打？ [Cantonese]  ―  “di¹” zi⁶ dim² daa²? [Jyutping]  ―  How do you type "o的"?

   21. to display (text, an image, etc.)

       屏幕上打出兩行字。 [MSC, trad.]
       屏幕上打出两行字。 [MSC, simp.]

       Píngmù shàng dǎ chū liǎng háng zì. [Pinyin]

       Two lines of text display on the screen.

   22. to use (a computer, usually for entertainment)

       打電腦 / 打电脑  ―  dǎ diànnǎo  ―  to use a computer

   23. to play (a video game or console)

       打電動 / 打电动  ―  dǎ diàndòng  ―  to play video game

   24. to play (a sport involving balls with hand)

       打壁球  ―  dǎ bìqiú  ―  to play squash

       打一場輸一場 / 打一场输一场  ―  dǎ yī chǎng shū yī chǎng  ―  play a round and lose a round

       打波 [Cantonese]  ―  daa² bo¹ [Jyutping]  ―  to play a ball game

   25. to play (mahjong)

       打麻雀 [Cantonese]  ―  daa² maa⁴ zoek^3-2 [Jyutping]  ―  to play mahjong

   26. to tie

       打領結 / 打领结  ―  dǎ lǐngjié  ―  to tie a bowtie

       打煲呔 [Cantonese]  ―  daa² bou¹ taai¹ [Jyutping]  ―  to tie a bowtie

   27. to reduce

       打價 / 打价  ―  dǎ jià  ―  to bargain

   28. to remove

       打蟲 / 打虫  ―  dǎ chóng  ―  to kill insects

   29. to stop

       打住  ―  dǎzhù  ―  to stop

   30. (vulgar) to perform sexual activity

       打炮  ―  dǎpào  ―  to have sex

       打手槍 / 打手枪  ―  dǎshǒuqiāng  ―  to masturbate

5. (Cantonese) correspond to, be associated with

   已經唔記得邊個打邊個 [Cantonese, trad.]
   已经唔记得边个打边个 [Cantonese, simp.]

   ji⁵ ging¹ m⁴ gei³ dak¹ bin¹ go³ daa² bin¹ go³ [Jyutping]

   have already forgotten which one goes with which one

6. to reach
7. from; since

   打東邊來了個喇嘛 [MSC, trad.]
   打东边来了个喇嘛 [MSC, simp.]

   dǎ dōngbiān lái le ge lǎma [Pinyin]

   from the east comes a lama

   打今兒起 / 打今儿起  ―  dǎ jīnr qǐ  ―  from today onward

8. a meaningless participle.
9. A surname​.

Short for 打臣, from English dozen.

打

1. dozen

   一打雞蛋 / 一打鸡蛋  ―  yī dá jīdàn  ―  a dozen of eggs

打

1. Only used in 蘇打／苏打 (sūdá).

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

• Go-on: ちょう (chō)^{←ちやう (tyau, historical)}
• Kan-on: てい (tei)
• Tō-on: た (ta)
• Kan’yō-on: だ (da, Jōyō)
• Kun: うち (uchi, 打ち); うつ (utsu, 打つ, Jōyō); ぶつ (butsu, 打つ); ダース (dāsu, 打)

This kanji spelling is ateji (当て字).

打 (katakana ダース, rōmaji dāsu)

1. dozen

打 • (ta, jeong) (hangeul 타, 정)

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打 (đả, đánh, dừng, đử)

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