撞 zhuàng
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 童 child, boy
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
撞击
zhuàngjī
to strike; to impact; impact
Characters in this word
击 jī
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 凵 — container
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 船体与礁石发生猛烈撞击后，救援人员立即启动应急预案。 Chuántǐ yǔ jiāoshí fāshēng měngliè zhuàngjī hòu, jiùyuán rényuán lìjí qǐdòng yìngjí yù'àn. After the hull violently struck the reef, rescue personnel immediately activated the emergency plan.
- 波浪不断撞击着海边的岩石，溅起高高的水花。 Bōlàng bùduàn zhuàngjīzhe hǎibiān de yánshí, jiàn qǐ gāogāo de shuǐhuā. The waves keep striking the rocks by the sea, splashing up high sprays of water.
- 两辆车猛烈撞击，幸好没有人受伤。 Liǎng liàng chē měngliè zhuàngjī, xìnghǎo méiyǒu rén shòushāng. The two cars collided violently; fortunately no one was hurt.
Related words
- 撞 zhuàng to bump into; to hit
- 碰撞 pèngzhuàng to collide
- 冲撞 chōngzhuàng to collide; to clash; to offend directly
- 打击 dǎjī to hit; to discourage
- 射击 shèjī shooting
- 冲击 chōngjī impact, shock, to assault
- 点击 diǎnjī to click
- 攻击 gōngjī to attack
- 击败 jībài to defeat
- 反击 fǎnjī to counterattack; to strike back
- 抨击 pēngjī to criticise sharply; to attack verbally
- 拳击 quánjī boxing