打 (dǎ) · to play (ball)

打 (dǎ) means “to play (ball)”. It is made of 扌 + 丁 and has 5 strokes, and is an HSK 2 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).

Break 打 into its parts

What 打 is made of

• 扌 shǒu — hand
  • 二 — two strokes
    • 一 — horizontal stroke
    • 一 — horizontal stroke
  • 亅 — hook
• 丁 dīng — male adult

Origin hint: 扌 gives the meaning, 丁 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)

打 stroke order

Example sentences

Words with 打

• 打车dǎchēto take a taxi
• 打电话dǎdiànhuàto make a phone call
• 打开dǎkāito open
• 打球dǎqiúto play ball
• 打工dǎgōngto work part-time
• 打算dǎsuànto plan
• 打印dǎyìnto print
• 打破dǎpòto break
• 打听dǎtingto ask about
• 打败dǎbàito defeat
• 打雷dǎléito thunder
• 打扫dǎsǎoto clean
• 打折dǎzhéto give a discount
• 打针dǎzhēnto give or get an injection
• 打篮球dǎ lánqiúto play basketball
• 打扮dǎbanto dress up
• 打扰dǎrǎoto disturb
• 打招呼dǎ zhāohuto greet
• 打交道dǎjiāodàoto deal with
• 打喷嚏dǎpēntìto sneeze
• 打包dǎbāoto pack up
• 打官司dǎ guānsito go to court
• 打击dǎjīto strike
• 打架dǎjiàto fight (physically)
• 打量dǎliangto look somebody up and down
• 打猎dǎlièto go hunting
• 打仗dǎzhàngto fight a war
• 精打细算jīngdǎxìsuànto budget carefully
• 殴打ōudǎto beat up
• 无精打采wújīngdǎcǎilistless
• 打印机dǎyìnjīprinter

Also built with 扌

• 举jǔto raise
• 我wǒI
• 才cáitalent
• 扎zhāto prick
• 扑pūto pounce on
• 扒bāto hold on to
• 扔rēngto throw
• 托tuōto raise
• 扛kángto carry on the shoulder
• 扣kòuto fasten
• 执zhíto execute
• 扩kuòto expand

Quick facts

Questions about 打