IDENTITY
打dǎto hit; to play (ball); to make (a call)
HSK 1Top 410
CORE MEANING
to hit; to play (ball); to make (a call)
- Part of speech
- verb
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.to hit; to beatHSK2
- 2.to make (a call); to playHSK1
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 扌hand radical (shǒu)
- strokes
- 5
- Structure
- left-right compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿰扌丁
- hand radical
- gives the sound dǎ
USAGE
Common words
打电话dǎ diànhuàto make a call
打球dǎqiúto play ball
打算dǎsuànto plan
Graded examples
我们下午去打球。Wǒmen xiàwǔ qù dǎqiú.HSK2
We will play ball this afternoon.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
- 订
LEARNING
Memory aid
A hand (扌) striking a nail (丁) — hitting.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #410
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-14
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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