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打架

dǎjià

to fight

Two people shoving each other
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Characters in this word

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

架 jià

Strokes
9
Radical
木 — tree
Made of
加 to add to, to increase, to augment 木 tree
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 不要打架。 Bú yào dǎjià. Stop fighting.
  • 他们打架了。 Tāmen dǎjià le. They had a fight.
  • 别在这打架。 Bié zài zhè dǎjià. Do not fight here.

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