The kanji 打: meaning, readings and stroke order

打

Meaning: hit
On reading: ダ da
Kun reading: う（つ） utsu
Strokes: 5
Radical: 手 hand
Level: Level 3 · grade 3

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: đánh, đập (đả)
Japanese: うつ。たたく。
Korean: 치다, 때리다 (타)
Chinese: 打、敲

Readings, words and example sentences

ダ da · on reading

打だ者しゃ
batter (in baseball)
次の 打だ者しゃが出てきます。
The next batter comes out.

う（つ） utsu · kun reading

打うつ
to hit
力を入れてボールを 打うちます。
I hit the ball hard.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.