击打 (jī dǎ) — to strike, to beat, to pound | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

verb

to striketo beatto pound

Examples

击打。
Tā yòng quán tou měng liè jī dǎ qiáng miàn.
He struck the wall fiercely with his fist.
击打。
Zhè tái jī qì yòng yú jī dǎ jīn shǔ bǎn cái.
This machine is used to pound metal sheets.
击打。
Cái pàn jǐng gào xuǎn shǒu bú yào gù yì jī dǎ duì shǒu.
The referee warned the player not to deliberately strike the opponent.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéSide by side

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

击jīstrike

击 and 打 both convey striking, so together they express pounding.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 擊; 击 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

手手shǒuhand

Sound part声符shēngfú

毄

毄jī擊jī

Same sound today

The traditional form 擊 has 手 (hand) and 毄; 毄 gives the sound and also points to striking, while the simplified 击 is a later shorthand.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

扌丁打

Meaning part形符xíngfú

扌Written in full as手shǒuhand

Sound part声符shēngfú

丁

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

打 uses 扌, a hand, to show an action done with the hand, and 丁 to give the sound.

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