打

dǎ
#223 most
frequent character
from, since
preposition

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

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Example Sentences

我从家里出发。
wǒ cóng jiālǐ chūfā 。
I set off from home.
他在这个城市生活了五年,从2018年开始。
tāzài zhègè chéngshì shēnghuó le wǔnián , cóng nián kāishǐ 。
He has lived in this city for five years, since 2018.
我们从那个地方搬过来了。
wǒmen cóng nàgè dìfāng bān guòlái le 。
We moved from that place.

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