打

dá
#223 most
frequent character
(loanword) dozen, Taiwan pr. [da3]

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

打 has 扌 hand as the meaning part and 丁 dīng as the sound part. It first meant 'to hit with fist'. The sense grew to 'attack', 'to do', and 'to print, type'.

打 as a component in other characters

sound1 character
咑

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