打 dǎ
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 丁 nail
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
打针
dǎzhēn
to get an injection
Characters in this word
针 zhēn
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 钅 — gold, metal
- Made of
- 钅 gold, metal 十 ten, tenth
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 孩子怕打针。 Háizi pà dǎzhēn. The child is afraid of injections.
- 我今天打针。 Wǒ jīntiān dǎzhēn. I get an injection today.
- 打针不太疼。 Dǎzhēn bú tài téng. Getting an injection does not hurt much.
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
- 打开 dǎkāi to open, to turn on
- 打球 dǎqiú to play ball
- 打工 dǎgōng to work a temporary job
- 打算 dǎsuàn to plan; plan
- 打印 dǎyìn to print
- 打破 dǎpò to break
- 打听 dǎting to ask around; to find out
- 打 dá a dozen (measure word)
- 打败 dǎbài to defeat