嗒
dātà

absent-minded

嗒 dā frequency
click-clack onomatopoeia
(onom.) sound of machine gunfire, the ticking of a clock, or the clatter of horse hooves

寂静的深夜里，闹钟嗒嗒的声音格外响亮。

jì​jìng de shēn​yè lǐ, nào​zhōng dā dā de shēng​yīn gé​wài xiǎng​liàng.

In the silence of the night, the ticking of the alarm clock sounded exceptionally loud.

嗒 tà
disappointed onomatopoeia
used in 嗒然 tà​rán (disappointed) and 嗒丧 tà​sàng (disheartened)

由于计划失败，他显得有些嗒丧。

yóu​yú jì​huà shī​bài, tā xiǎn​de yǒu​xiē tà sàng.

He appeared somewhat crestfallen due to the failure of the plan.

Frequency
Character
Written text
3,497th most common 5.36 per million
Movie subtitles
2,772nd most common 5.17 per million appears in 1% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
6.20 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
1.52 per million

Details
Strokes
12
Unicode
U+55D2

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)