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Kanji Detail for 打 - "to strike, to hit"

打

  • Meaning

    打 means "to strike, to hit."

    1. Strike - To hit or beat.

    2. Hit - To deliver a blow; to knock.

    3. Action prefix - Indicates doing an action.

    4. Dozen - Twelve items as a unit.

  • Words using 打

    • 本塁打 ほんるいだ Listen home run
    • 打撃 だげき Listen blow; shock; strike
    • 打線 だせん Listen batting line-up; batting order
    • 安打 あんだ Listen safe hit
    • 打者 だしゃ Listen batter
    • 二塁打 にるいだ Listen two-base hit; double
    • 打席 だせき Listen batter's box; one's turn at bat
    • 打開 だかい Listen break in the deadlock

  • Four-character idioms with 打

    • 一網打尽 いちもうだじん Listen round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw
    • 只管打坐 しかんたざ Listen shikantaza
    • 局面打開 きょくめんだかい Listen breakthrough in the situation; break in the deadlocked situation
    • 打成一片 たじょういっぺん Listen intensive zazen meditation on a subject
    • 打草驚蛇 だそうきょうだ Listen prodding the unknown may bring about unnecessary trouble; brushing a patch of grass may startle a snake
    • 現状打破 げんじょうだは Listen abandonment of the status quo; destroying the status quo; overthrowing the present situation

  • Tattoo check: 打

    • Verified meaning: to strike, to hit
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    strike; hit; knock; pound; dozen

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    strike, hit, beat; fight; attack

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    (loanword) dozen; Taiwan pr. [da3]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to attack, to beat, to hit, to strike

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To beat. | Colloquial uses of 打 are many. Sometimes used as "toward," as in 打那裏走. Sometimes as "take," as in 打糧, 打魚. Sometimes as "do," as in 不打誑語. Also 打疊, 打扮, 打點, 打聽, 打盹, 打樣, 打稿. Many action words use it. Nengzhaizhai Manlu says 打 is from 手 and 丁, meaning handling matters with one's hand. | In English, twelve items are called a "dozen," abbreviated as 打.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    da(ダ) ダ

    daasu(ダアス) ダアス

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    bu.tsu(ぶ-つ) ぶ-つ

    u.tsu(う-つ) う-つ

    uchi(うち) うち

  • Strokes

    tip

    5 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    手 扌 (te・tehen)

  • Related Keywords

    to strike to hit action prefix dozen beat knock tap attack bang blow clout cuff impact pound punch slap smack swat thump wallop twelve

Sentences including 打

  • There is nothing to compare with her beauty.

  • You had better make a clean breast of everything.

  • She revealed her secret to us.

  • I tried to sound out his views.

  • He is very mercenary.

  • The rain is beating against the window.

  • I whispered to him to come in.

  • It was a blow to us.

  • Mind your own business.

  • We could get over the difficulty.

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