打 dǎ
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 丁 male adult
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
打开
dǎkāi
to open, to turn on
Characters in this word
开 kāi
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 廾 — two hands
- Made of
- 一 one 廾 two hands
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 请打开电视。 Qǐng dǎkāi diànshì. Please turn on the TV.
- 请打开门。 Qǐng dǎkāi mén. Please open the door.
- 他打开了电脑。 Tā dǎkāi le diànnǎo. He turned on the computer.
Related words
- 打 dǎ to hit; to play (a ball game); to make (a call)
- 打车 dǎchē to take a taxi
- 打电话 dǎdiànhuà to make a phone call
- 打球 dǎqiú to play ball
- 开 kāi to open; to drive; to turn on
- 开车 kāichē to drive a car
- 开会 kāihuì to have a meeting
- 开玩笑 kāiwánxiào to joke
- 关 guān to close, to turn off
- 关上 guānshàng to close, to shut
- 起来 qǐlai to get up, to stand up; to start (doing)
- 动 dòng to move